Judges 8:16

He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.

Judges 8:7

Gideon said, “All right, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will thrash your bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”

Ezra 2:6

the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812;

Proverbs 10:13

On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found,
But a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And blows for the back of fools.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a briar,
The most upright like a thorn hedge.
The day when you post your watchmen,
Your punishment will come.
Then their confusion will occur.

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Judges 8:16

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

The elders

Thorns

Micah 7:4

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