Judges 8:16

So he took the elders of the city, and he took some thorns and briers from the wilderness, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.

Judges 8:7

Gideon replied, “Very well, when the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will trample your flesh on thorns and briers from the wilderness!”

Ezra 2:6

Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812

Proverbs 10:13

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.


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Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a brier;
the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns.
The day of your watchmen,
the day of your punishment, is coming;
at this time their panic is here.

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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
Gideon replied, “Very well, when the Lord has handed Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will trample your flesh on thorns and briers from the wilderness!”
Proverbs 10:13
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.


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Ezra 2:6
Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,812

Thorns

Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a brier;
the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns.
The day of your watchmen,
the day of your punishment, is coming;
at this time their panic is here.

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