Genesis 3:17-19

Thorns and thistles as the result of the curse of the fall

See also

Numbers 33:55
Joshua 23:12-13
Isaiah 5:5-6; 7:23-25; 55:8-13
Jeremiah 12:13
Hosea 9:6
Hebrews 6:7-8

Thorns and thistles as worthless weeds

See also

2 Samuel 23:6
2 Kings 14:9
Matthew 7:16

pp 2Ch 25:18

Matthew 13:1-8

pp Lk 6:44

Matthew 13:22

pp Mk 4:1-8

pp Lk 8:4-8

pp Mk 4:18-19

pp Lk 8:14

2 Samuel 23:6-7

Thorns unpleasant and to be avoided

See also

Proverbs 15:19; 22:5
Songs 2:2
Hosea 2:6
Isaiah 33:12

Thorns associated with burning

See also

Exodus 22:6
Psalms 118:12
Ecclesiastes 7:6
Isaiah 9:18; 10:17; 27:4
Judges 8:16

Thorns used as instruments of punishment

See also

Judges 8:4-7
Hosea 10:8

Thorns indicative of desolation and dereliction

See also

Proverbs 24:30-31
Isaiah 32:11-15
Matthew 27:28-29

Jesus Christ crowned with thorns

pp Mk 15:16-18

pp Jn 19:2-6

Micah 7:4

Metaphorical use of thorns

See also

Ezekiel 2:6; 28:24
2 Corinthians 12:7

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4426 chaff
4542 wheat
5280 crown
5482 punishment
5827 curse