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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For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Job
Wisdom / JobThus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
Matthew
GospelsBut 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 / PaulAnd they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
LawAnd he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
Luke
GospelsHe spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Luke
GospelsBut into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
Luke
GospelsNow the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
2 Kings
HistoryAs it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
Joshua
HistoryHow precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
Acts
History / LukeGod reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Psalms
PoetryFor all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis
LawBut godliness with contentment is great gain.