Strong's G173 ἄκανθα (akantha)

Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

And if fire have gone forth and caught thorns, and should also set on fire threshing floors or ears of corn or a field, he that kindled the fire shall make compensation.

And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.

And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.

All these are as a thorn thrust forth, For they shall not be taken with the hand,

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in me. Pause.

Before your thorns feel the white thorn, He shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.

They compassed me about as bees do a honeycomb, And they burst into flame as fire among thorns: But in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

But those of the diligent are made smooth.

As the sound of thorns under a caldron, So is the laughter of fools: This is also vanity.

As a lily among thorns, So is my companion among the daughters.

And I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine vat in it: and I waited for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns.

What shall I do anymore to my vineyard, that I have not done to it? Whereas I expected it to bring forth grapes, but it has brought forth thorns.

And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

And it shall come to pass in that day, for every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become barren land and thorns.

Men shall enter thither with arrow and bow; for all the land shall be barren ground and thorns.

And every mountain shall be certainly plowed: there shall no fear come thither: for there shall be from among the barren ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread.

As for the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon it, and joy shall be removed from every house.

And the nations shall be burned up; as a thorn in the field cast out and burned up.

For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among thorns.

Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

And there shall no more be in the house of Israel a thorn of bitterness and a pricking briar proceeding from them that are round about them, who dishonored them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Therefore, behold, they go forth from the trouble of Egypt, and Memphis shall receive them, and Machmas shall bury them: as for their silver, destruction shall inherit it; thorns shall be in their tents.

And the altars of Aven, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away: thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

Look that thou hedge thy possession about with thorns, And bind up thy silver and gold,