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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And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
Numbers
LawThe fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
Exodus
LawI charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThen said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
Exodus
LawAnd there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
Exodus
LawAnd how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
Acts
HistorySpeak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawWherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
1 Samuel
HistoryThat it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBecause that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Hebrews
General EpistlesSing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHis scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
Job
WisdomFor circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Exodus
LawBlessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAccording to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.