Joshua 9:4

New King James Version

they worked craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins torn and mended,

Cross References

Genesis 34:13

But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

Psalm 119:83

For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Matthew 9:17

Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Mark 2:22

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”

Luke 16:8

So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

Joshua 9:12

This bread of ours we took hot for our provision from our houses on the day we departed to come to you. But now look, it is dry and moldy.

Joshua 9:13

And these wineskins which we filled were new, and see, they are torn; and these our garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey.”

Joshua 9:3

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

Joshua 9:5

old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.