2 Samuel

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

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

And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.