Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
Ezra
History / EzraThe valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnWherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahImmediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
Acts
History / LukeBut what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulYour riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Mark
GospelsAnd his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Luke
Gospels / LukeWrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
Joshua
HistoryFor he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
Judges
History / SamuelAll that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
Genesis
LawAnd Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.