Joshua 9:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Cunningly devising, took for themselves provisions, laying old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles rent and sewed up again,

Cross References

Luke 16:8

And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Mark 2:22

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles.

Matthew 10:16

Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

Matthew 9:17

Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bottles: and both are preserved.

Genesis 34:13

The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

Joshua 9:3

But they that dwelt in Gabaon, hearing all that Josue had done to Jericho and Hai:

Joshua 9:5

And very old shoes, which for a show of age were clouted with patches, and old garments upon them. The leaves also, which they carried for provisions by the way, were hard, and broken into pieces.

Joshua 9:13

These bottles of wine when we filled them were new: now they are rent and burst. These garments we have on, and the shoes we have on our feet, by reason of the very long journey are worn out, and almost consumed.

Joshua 9:12

Behold, these loaves we took hot, when we set out from our houses to come to you: now they are become dry, and broken in pieces, by being exceeding old.