Judges 8:3
God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.
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Judges 7:25And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jordan to Gideon.
Psalms 115:1Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.
Proverbs 15:1By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Proverbs 25:11A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.
John 4:37In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
Romans 12:6And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;
Matthew Henry on Judges 8:2-4
Gideon Pacifies the Ephraimites. ( b. c. 1249.) 1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger… Read the whole commentary →