Matthew 7:16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Hebrews 6:8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned. (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)
Genesis 3:18 Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)
Proverbs 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thistles, the face thereof was covered with nettles, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. (JPS DBY NAS)
Isaiah 32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles and briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city. (DBY)
Isaiah 34:13 Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)
Ezekiel 2:6 You, son of man, don't be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: don't be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. (See NAS)
Hosea 10:8 The high places also of Aven shall be destroyed, even the sin of Israel. 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.' (See NIV)