Deuteronomy 25:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
  • Acts 5:40 : 40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
  • Acts 16:22-24 : 22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. 23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
  • Matt 10:17 : 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
  • Matt 27:26 : 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

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    3Forty 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.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Exod 21:22-25
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    22If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

    23And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

    24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

  • Exod 21:18-20
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    18And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

    19If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

    20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

  • Lev 24:19-20
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    19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

    20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

  • Deut 22:18
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    18And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Deut 19:18-21
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    18And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

    19Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

    20And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

    21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Prov 17:26
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    26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

  • Exod 21:12
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    12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
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    6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

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    1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

    2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

  • Exod 22:8-9
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    8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

    9For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

  • Job 31:11
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    11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

  • Prov 19:19
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    19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

  • Prov 23:13-14
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    13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Deut 17:5
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    5Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

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    10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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    29Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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    12Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

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    25But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

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    20For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

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    39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

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    24Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

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    20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  • Acts 16:22
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    22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

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    37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

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    12Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

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    47And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

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    34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.