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
From the Jews, five times I received forty stripes, save one;
Vile unto thee
Luke 15:30
But as soon as this your son has come, Who has eaten up your estate with harlots, you have killed for him the fatted calf.
Luke 18:9
And he spoke this parable to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and who despised others.
James 2:2
For if there comes into your assembly a man in splendid apparel, and with gold rings on his fingers, and there comes in also a poor man, in mean clothing,