Judges 8:16

The Message

Then he took the seventy-seven leaders of Succoth and thrashed them with desert thorns and thistles. And he demolished the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the city.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:13

You’ll find wisdom on the lips of a person of insight, but the shortsighted needs a slap in the face.

Proverbs 19:29

The irreverent have to learn reverence the hard way; only a slap in the face brings fools to attention.

Judges 8:7

Gideon said, “If you say so. But when God gives me Zebah and Zalmunna, I’ll give you a thrashing, whip your bare flesh with desert thorns and thistles!”