Judges 8:16
And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson.
Judges 8:7
So Gideon said, "Well then, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."
Ezra 2:6
The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812.
Proverbs 10:13
On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
Proverbs 19:29
Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.
Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.