Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'thistle' occurs 6 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'thistle' in the standard works and contain 66.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Kgs. 14:9 (2 in 1 verse)

 14:9 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 Chr. 25:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 2 7
NT 0 1 1
BM 1 1 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 6 5 11

Gen. 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

2 Kgs. 14:9
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 Chr. 25:18
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.

Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Hosea 10:8
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.

Matt. 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Mosiah 12:12
And again, he saith thou shalt be as the blossoms of a thistle, which, when it is fully ripe, if the wind bloweth, it is driven forth upon the face of the land. And he pretendeth the Lord hath spoken it. And he saith all this shall come upon thee except thou repent, and this because of thine iniquities.

3 Ne. 14:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Moses 4:24
Thorns also, and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.