Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Not exceed
Vile unto thee
Bible References
Not exceed
2 Corinthians 11:24
Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes.
Vile unto thee
Job 18:3 “Why are we regarded as beasts,
As stupid in your eyes?
As stupid in your eyes?
Luke 15:30 but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
Luke 18:9
And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
James 2:2
For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes,