Deuteronomy 25:2

World English Bible (2000)

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 wickedness, by number.

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  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, 48 but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
  • Acts 5:40 : 40 They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
  • Acts 16:22-24 : 22 The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods. 23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, 24 who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
  • Matt 10:17 : 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
  • Matt 27:26 : 26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

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    3 Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.

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    1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Exod 21:22-25
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    22 "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.

    23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

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

    25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

  • Exod 21:18-20
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    18 "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;

    19 if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.

    20 "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

  • Lev 24:19-20
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    19 If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

    20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.

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    18 The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

  • Prov 19:29
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    29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

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

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    20 Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.

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    26 Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

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    12 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

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    6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

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    1 "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

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  • Exod 22:8-9
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    8 If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.

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    19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

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    13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

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  • Acts 16:22
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    47 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

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    34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.