Judges 8:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he trampled the people of Succoth.

Cross References

Ezra 2:6

Of Pahath-moab, namely, the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.

Proverbs 10:13

On the lips of one who has understanding wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who lacks sense.

Proverbs 19:29

Punishments are prepared for scoffers and flogging for the backs of fools.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of their sentinels, of their punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.

Judges 8:15

Then he came to the people of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Do you already have in your possession the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna, that we should give bread to your troops who are exhausted?’ ”

Judges 8:17

He also broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

Judges 8:7

Gideon replied, “Well then, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will trample your flesh on the thorns of the wilderness and on briers.”