Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
The elders
Thorns
Bible References
The elders
Judges 8:7
And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns and the briers of the wilderness.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of the prudent wisdom is found and is a rod unto the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners and stripes for the back of fools.
Ezra 2:6
The sons of Pahathmoab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Thorns
Micah 7:4
The best of them is as a brier; the most upright as a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, thy visitation, comes; now shall be their confusion.