Judges 8:16

Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.

Judges 8:7

Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.

Ezra 2:6

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelve.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

Proverbs 19:29

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a waste plant, and their upright ones are like a wall of thorns. Sorrow! the day of their fate has come; now will trouble come on them.

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Summary

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

Thorns

Bible References

The elders

Judges 8:7
Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.
Proverbs 19:29
Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
Ezra 2:6
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelve.

Thorns

Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a waste plant, and their upright ones are like a wall of thorns. Sorrow! the day of their fate has come; now will trouble come on them.

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