Joshua 9:4

Free Bible Version

they decided on a cunning plan. They sent messengers to Joshua, their donkeys wearing worn-out saddles and carrying old wineskins that were torn and patched.

Cross References

Luke 16:8

The rich man commended his dishonest manager for his cunning idea. The children of this world are more cunning towards one another than are the children of light.

Mark 2:22

No one puts new wine in old wineskins. Otherwise the wine will burst the wineskins, and both the wine and wineskins will be wasted. No. You put new wine in new wineskins.”

Matthew 10:16

Look, I'm sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Matthew 9:17

No one puts new wine in old wineskins either, otherwise the wineskins will burst, spilling the wine and ruining the wineskins. No, new wine is put into new wineskins, and both last.”

Psalm 119:83

I've become like a wineskin that's been shriveled up by smoke, but I have not forgotten to do as you say.

Genesis 34:13

Jacob's sons weren't honest when they answered him and his father Hamor because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.

Joshua 9:3

But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

Joshua 9:5

They put on worn sandals that had been mended and wore old clothes. All their bread was dry and moldy.

Joshua 9:13

These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look at them now—they're split and damaged. These clothes of ours and our sandals are all worn out because the journey took so long.”

Joshua 9:12

Look at this bread. It was warm when we took it from our houses on the day we set out to come here. But now it's dry and moldy, as you can see.