Verses for a thorn

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.

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a 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.

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.