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 wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Numbers
LawNevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
2 Peter
General EpistlesBut new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Luke
GospelsThe children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahO LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms
PoetrySon of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTo him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryWho gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Job
WisdomFor he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Samuel
HistoryBut if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
Leviticus
LawAnd the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
John
Gospels / JohnThat I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,