Reference for Eruvin 201:9
וכן ביעתא וכן קידרא וכן פוריא וכן חביתא
The upright man is a better [protection] than a tabernacle'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. A.V. 'sharper than a thorn hedge' (R.V. and A.f.T. 'worse than') .');"><sup>29</sup></span> 'What then was meant by The best of them is as a brier? ' 'As briers protect a gap so do the best men among us protect us'. Another interpretation: The best of them is as a hedek<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.V., 'brier'.');"><sup>30</sup></span> because they crush<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mehadekin of the same rt. as hedek by interchange of (guttural) h with (aspirate) h.');"><sup>31</sup></span> the wicked men in Gehenna; as it is said in Scripture: Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or 'crush'.');"><sup>32</sup></span>