Topic
Brier
9 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 5:6Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- Isaiah 55:13Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
- Ezekiel 28:24Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE
¶ And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
- Proverbs 15:19Easton
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
- Isaiah 7:23–25Easton
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become…
- Ezekiel 2:6Nave FIGURATIVE
¶ 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.
- Micah 7:4Easton
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.
- Matthew 7:16Easton
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Hebrews 6:8Easton
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
This word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several different terms. (1.) Micah 7:4, it denotes a species of thorn shrub used for hedges. In Prov. 15:19 the word is rendered “thorn” (Heb. hedek, “stinging”), supposed by some to be what is called the “apple of Sodom” (q.v.).
(2.) Ezek. 28:24, sallon’, properly a “prickle,” such as is found on the shoots of the palm tree.
(3.) Isa. 55:13, probably simply a thorny bush. Some, following the Vulgate Version, regard it as the “nettle.”
(4.) Isa. 5:6; 7:23-25, etc., frequently used to denote thorny shrubs in general. In 10:17; 27:4, it means troublesome men.
(5.) In Heb. 6:8 the Greek word (tribolos) so rendered means “three-pronged,” and denotes the land caltrop, a low throny shrub resembling in its spikes the military “crow-foot.” Comp. Matt. 7:16, “thistle.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
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Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.