4 Bible Verses about Nettles

Most Relevant Verses

Proverbs 24:31

Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

Isaiah 34:13

Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode for ostriches.

Job 30:7

They bray among the shrubs;
they huddle beneath the thistles.

Hebrews 6:7-8

For ground that has drunk the rain that has often fallen on it and that produces vegetation useful to those it is cultivated for receives a blessing from God. But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

From Thematic Bible


Nettles » Figurative

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore, as I live—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel—
Moab will be like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah
a place overgrown with weeds,
a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.
The remnant of My people will plunder them;
the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.

Hosea 9:6

For even if they flee from devastation,
Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them.
Thistles will take possession of their precious silver;
thorns will invade their tents.

Job 30:7

They bray among the shrubs;
they huddle beneath the thistles.

Nettles » An obnoxious plant

Isaiah 34:13

Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode for ostriches.

Proverbs 24:31

Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

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