Deuteronomy 25:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes] ; 48 but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes] . And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
  • Acts 5:40 : 40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them and charged them not to 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 their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods. 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, cast 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 sin, and are buffeted [for it], ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
  • Matt 10:17 : 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;
  • Matt 27:26 : 26 Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.

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    85%

    3Forty stripes he may give him, he shall 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, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Exod 21:22-25
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    78%

    22And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

    23But if any harm 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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    74%

    18And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep 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 surely be punished.

  • Lev 24:19-20
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    19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; 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 rendered unto him.

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

  • Prov 19:29
    72%

    29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, 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 have testified falsely against his brother;

    19then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

    20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

    21And thine eyes shall not pity; 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 righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.

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

  • 2 Cor 2:6
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    6Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many;

  • Exod 22:1-2
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    1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

    2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

  • Exod 22:8-9
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    8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, [to see] whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.

    9For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.

  • Job 31:11
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    11For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

  • Prov 19:19
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    19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.

  • Prov 23:13-14
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    13Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

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    4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation 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 what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

  • Deut 17:5
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    5then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones.

  • Prov 17:10
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    10A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Job 19:29
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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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    30If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

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    12then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

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    26He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;

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    20And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

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

  • 2 Cor 11:20
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    20For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you [captive], if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

  • Matt 5:39-40
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    39but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth 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.

  • Ps 89:32
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    32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

  • 1 Pet 2:20
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    20For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted [for it], ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye shall 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 their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
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    37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding 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, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor 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.