“When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.

Here are my virgin daughter and my guest's concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. But don't do such a disgraceful thing to this man!"

Then said Saul to his armor-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised should come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was exceedingly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

Because deadly breakers engulfed me, while torrents of abuse from the ungodly overwhelmed me.

Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

Remember, Lord, the ridicule against Your servants—
in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—

He who corrects a scoffer gains abuse for himself, and he who rebukes the wicked {gets hurt}.

Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out; quarrel and abuse will cease.

So I defiled the officers of the sanctuary,
and set Jacob apart for destruction
and Israel for abuse.

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, people [who have] my teaching in their heart; you must not fear [the] reproach of men, or be terrified because of their abuse.

And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, "I [am] afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me into their hand and they abuse me."

Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.

"Because of your undying hatred, you kept on making the Israelis experience abuse during the time of their calamity, even when they were in their final stages of punishment,