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 scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulDevise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Proverbs
WisdomFor the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
1 Kings
HistoryBut ye have not so learned Christ;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
2 Kings
HistoryAs an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
Leviticus
Law / MosesNeither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
John
GospelsThen Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
Numbers
LawHe maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
Exodus
LawThen lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThen said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWill ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
Revelation
ApocalypticBut he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Luke
GospelsAnd when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.