Judges 8:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.

Cross References

Ezra 2:6

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

Proverbs 10:13

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

Proverbs 19:29

Condemnation is ready 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 watchmen, of their punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.

Judges 8:15

And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are faint?’ ”

Judges 8:17

And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

Judges 8:7

And Gideon said, “Well then, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”