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
of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one;
Vile unto thee
Luke 15:30
But as soon as this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for him the fatted calf.
Luke 18:9
And to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised all others, he spoke this parable:
James 2:2
For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment,