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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This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryThen Job answered and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesWhich was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
Luke
GospelsAnd they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
Judges
History / SamuelTake ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Joshua
HistoryThe son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
Ezra
History / EzraBehold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Numbers
LawBlessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Acts
HistoryAnd from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahO GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.