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Hebrews 6:8

But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

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ASV

but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

KJV

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

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐκφέρουσαekpherousa[That] bringing forthG1627 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
ἀκάνθαςakanthasthornsG173 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τριβόλουςtribolousthistlesG5146 →
ἀδόκιμοςadokimos[is] worthlessG96 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
κατάραςkatarasa curseG2671 →
ἐγγύς,engusnear to,G1451 →
ἧςhēsof whichG3739 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
τέλοςtelosend [is]G5056 →
εἰςeisuntoG1519 →
καῦσιν.¶kausinburning.G2740 →

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Genesis 3:17–18And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.John 15:6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?Luke 13:7–9So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’Deuteronomy 29:28The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’Luke 13:9If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.2 Samuel 23:7The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”Jeremiah 44:22So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.Isaiah 5:1–7I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.Malachi 4:6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”Hebrews 12:17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.Hebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.Proverbs 24:31Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.Ezekiel 15:2–7“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?Deuteronomy 29:22–23Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

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