Deuteronomy 25:3
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.
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- Job 18:3 : 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?
- Luke 15:30 : 30 ‹But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.›
- Luke 18:9-9 : 9 ¶ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 ‹Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.› 11 ‹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men› [are], ‹extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.› 12 ‹I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.›
- 2 Cor 11:24-25 : 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
- Jas 2:2-3 : 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
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- Deut 25:1-22 verses85%
1¶ If 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.
2And 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.
- Exod 21:24-263 verses78%
24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
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4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].
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24Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one.
- Exod 21:18-203 verses72%
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.
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3‹Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.›
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39¶ And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
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10¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- Matt 18:15-162 verses70%
15¶ ‹Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.›
16‹But if he will not hear› [thee, then] ‹take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.›
- Prov 23:13-142 verses70%
13Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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25And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
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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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15Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
- Matt 5:38-414 verses70%
38¶ ‹Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:›
39‹But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.›
40‹And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have› [thy] ‹cloke also.›
41‹And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.›
- Lev 24:19-202 verses69%
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].
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29‹And unto him that smiteth thee on the› [one] ‹cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not› [to take thy] ‹coat also.›
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20And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that [is] a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
- Luke 12:47-482 verses69%
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.›
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17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
- Deut 19:19-213 verses69%
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.
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43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
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3¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
- 2 Cor 2:6-72 verses69%
6Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was inflicted] of many.
7So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
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18And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
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1¶ Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
- Acts 16:22-232 verses68%
22And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat [them].
23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
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12Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity [her].
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1¶ If 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.
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26¶ Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
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34‹And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.›
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46And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
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11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
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6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.