thorn Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a {thorn}? thorn As] a {thorn} goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools. thorn 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. thorn 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. thorn 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. thorn 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. thorn <2CO12 -7> And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a {thorn} in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. ~~~~~~