Thistle
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Thistle in the Bible Dictionary
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A noxious plant
Gen 3:18; Job 31:40; Hos 10:8
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Genesis 3:1840 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Job 31:408 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
Hosea 10:8 -
Parables of
2 Kgs 14:9; 2 Chr 25:18; Matt 7:16
9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
2 Kings 14:918 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
2 Chronicles 25:1816 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Matthew 7:16
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
