Genesis 3:18
Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you,
What it says
The ground will yield thorns and thistles, and he will eat the plants of the field.
What it is doing
It describes the resistance and hardship now built into human work.
In context
16To the woman He said: 17And to Adam He said: 18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, 19By the sweat of your brow 20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.