Jos 23:13, Job 5:5, 31:40, Pro 22:5, 24:31, Isa 5:6, 7:23, 32:13 | ESV | STEP | know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes , until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.

Joshua 23:13

13 know for certain that ^athe Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, ^bbut they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.

Job 5:5

5 The hungry eat his harvest,
and he takes it even out of thorns, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
and the thirsty pant ^{▼▼Aquila, Symmachus, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew could be read as and the snare pants} after his ^{▼▼Hebrew their} wealth.

Job 31:40

40 let ^fthorns grow instead of wheat,
and foul weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.

Proverbs 22:5

5 ^gThorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
whoever ^hguards his soul will keep far from them.

Proverbs 24:31

31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone ⁱwall was broken down.

Isaiah 5:6

6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and ^jbriers and thorns shall grow up;
^kI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.

Isaiah 7:23

23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver, will become ^mbriers and thorns.

Isaiah 32:13

13 ⁿfor the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
^oyes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.