Cross references

2 Samuel 23:6

But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside,

for they can never be gathered by hand.

2 Samuel 23:6 BSB

2 Samuel 23:6 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 13:13 (5 votes) and Isaiah 33:12 (5 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 3 to Matthew 13.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 23:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),

  2. The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.

  3. But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.

  4. Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

  5. Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

  6. Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

  7. Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.

  8. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 23:6?

The 10 strongest of 12.