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.

Cross-references

In Judges 8:7, Gideon threatened Succoth's elders with thorns and briers; here he executes that threat.

Genesis 33:17 records Jacob naming Succoth, the same town whose elders Gideon punishes here.

Micah 7:4 uses 'brier' and 'thorn' as metaphors for the wicked, similar to the thorns Gideon uses to punish Succoth.

1 Chronicles 20:3 describes David cutting Ammonites with saws and axes, a similarly harsh punishment as Gideon's thorns.