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 the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
Acts
HistoryWhile I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Psalms
PoetryAnd a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
Joshua
HistoryAnd they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Genesis
LawA several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
Numbers
Law / MosesHearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
2 Kings
HistoryAnd of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Ezra
HistoryBut we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
Numbers
Law / MosesImmediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhile as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
1 Samuel
HistoryAre we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
Genesis
Law / MosesYe shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWoe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Micah
Minor ProphetsBecause the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.