Deuteronomy 25:3
He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.
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- Job 18:3 : 3 Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?
- Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.
- Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others: 10 Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer. 11 The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer. 12 Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
- 2 Cor 11:24-25 : 24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one. 25 Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;
- Jas 2:2-3 : 2 For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing, 3 And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Deut 25:1-22 verses85%
1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
2 And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.
- Exod 21:24-263 verses78%
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
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4 Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.
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24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.
- Exod 21:18-203 verses72%
18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
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3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.
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39 And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;
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10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
- Matt 18:15-162 verses70%
15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.
16 But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.
- Prov 23:13-142 verses70%
13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
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25 And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?
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20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
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15 Have no feeling of hate for him, but take him in hand seriously as a brother.
- Matt 5:38-414 verses70%
38 You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
40 And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.
41 And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.
- Lev 24:19-202 verses69%
19 And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;
20 Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.
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29 If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.
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20 If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.
- Luke 12:47-482 verses69%
47 And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;
48 But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
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17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.
- Deut 19:19-213 verses69%
19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.
20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.
21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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43 Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.
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3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
- 2 Cor 2:6-72 verses69%
6 Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;
7 So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
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18 Then the responsible men of the town are to give the man his punishment;
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1 If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.
- Acts 16:22-232 verses68%
22 And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.
23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
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12 Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.
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1 If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.
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26 To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
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34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.
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46 And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.
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11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:
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6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
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35 And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.