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 wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Exodus
LawTheir soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Joshua
History / JoshuaOne that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesI will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
Acts
History / LukeThen Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
1 Samuel
HistoryShall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Nehemiah
HistoryThey return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewCome and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Psalms
PoetryBut the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.