2 Samuel 23:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ Yes, my house is this way with God!^[a]
    He has made an eternal covenant with me,
    laid out and secure in every detail.
Yes, he provides every one of my victories
    and brings my every desire to pass.
⁶ But despicable people are like thorns,
    all of them good for nothing,
    because they can’t be carried by hand.
⁷ No one can touch them,
except with iron bar or the shaft of a spear.
    They must be burned up with fire right on the spot!