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 be despised before thee.
Job 18:3
Why are we counted as beasts? Are we vile in your sight?
Luke 15:30
But as soon as this thy son was come who has devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed the fatted calf for him.
Luke 18:9-12
And he spoke this parable unto some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
2 Corinthians 11:24-25
Of the Jews five times I received forty stripes less one.
James 2:2-3
For if a man with a gold ring and in precious apparel comes into your synagogue and a poor person in vile raiment also comes in,