The Lord answered Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go.

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

Every tenth animal from the herd or flock, which passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the Lord.

The Lord told Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before Me, or else they will die.”

He had 30 sons who rode on 30 donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair’s Villages to this day.

He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons, who rode on 70 donkeys. Abdon judged Israel eight years,

As she rode the donkey down a mountain pass hidden from view, she saw David and his men coming toward her and met them.

Then Abigail got up quickly, and with her five female servants accompanying her, rode on the donkey following David’s messengers. And so she became his wife.

I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others.

He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.

and he said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and some of her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses, and Jehu rode over her.

White and violet linen hangings were fastened with fine white and purple linen cords to silver rods on marble columns. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of red feldspar, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.

Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses bred from the royal racing mares.

The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses at the king’s urgent command. The law was also issued in the fortress of Susa.

Let Him take His rod away from me
so His terror will no longer frighten me.

Their homes are secure and free of fear;
no rod from God strikes them.

His bones are bronze tubes;
his limbs are like iron rods.

You will break them with a rod of iron;
You will shatter them like pottery.”

He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.

Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger,
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.

then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.

The one who will not use the rod hates his son,
but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod of discipline,
but the lips of the wise protect them.

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.

Strike him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the backs of fools.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom,
but a youth left to himself
is a disgrace to his mother.

His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is an ivory panel
covered with sapphires.

For You have shattered their oppressive yoke
and the rod on their shoulders,
the staff of their oppressor,
just as You did on the day of Midian.

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!

Therefore, the Lord God of Hosts says this: “My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though he strikes you with a rod and raises his staff over you as the Egyptians did.

Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia,
because the rod of the one who struck you is broken.
For a viper will come from the root of a snake,
and from its egg comes a flying serpent.

Certainly black cumin is not threshed
with a threshing board,
and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin.
But black cumin is beaten out with a stick,
and cumin with a rod.

Assyria will be shattered by the voice of the Lord.
He will strike with a rod.

I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.

Look, the day is coming!
Doom has gone out.
The rod has blossomed;
arrogance has bloomed.

Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness.
None of them will remain:
none of their multitude,
none of their wealth,
and none of the eminent among them.

“I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate.

Now there was a wall surrounding the outside of the temple. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was six units of 21 inches; each unit was the standard length plus three inches. He measured the thickness of the wall structure; it was about 10 feet, and its height was the same.

He measured the east side with a measuring rod;
it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.

He measured the north side;
it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.

He measured the south side;
it was 875 feet by the measuring rod.

Then he turned to the west side
and measured 875 feet by the measuring rod.

My people consult their wooden idols,
and their divining rods inform them.
For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray;
they act promiscuously
in disobedience to their God.

Now, daughter who is under attack,
you slash yourself in grief;
a siege is set against us!
They are striking the judge of Israel
on the cheek with a rod.

The voice of Yahweh calls out to the city
(and it is wise to fear Your name):
“Pay attention to the rod
and the One who ordained it.