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 of the wilderness and with briers.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scoffers and stripes for the back of fools.
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 brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your punishment comes; now shall be their perplexity.