Judges 9:14

Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

Cross-reference

Judges 9:18 applies the parable: the bramble represents Abimelech, the trees are the men of Shechem who made him king.

2 Kings 14:9 uses a similar parable of a thistle and cedar — echoing Jotham's imagery of a lowly plant challenging a lofty one.

Ecclesiastes 10:6 speaks of folly set in high places — paralleling the bramble's elevation to kingship.