Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Lashes and wounds purge away evil,
and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.


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the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, directing that he be examined with the scourge, so he could discover the reason they were shouting against him like this. Verse ConceptsScourgingInterrogatingChiliarchsWhy Do Others Do This?serenity

Therefore, those who were about to examine him withdrew from him at once. The commander too was alarmed when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him. Verse ConceptsChainsTying UpCitizens

“If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is a slave designated for another man, but she has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be punishment. They are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed. Verse ConceptsBeatingsEngagementServants Of PeopleLaws Of Sexual UnionAdulteryDeath Penalty For Sexual Sin



Then the elders of that city will take the man and punish him. Verse ConceptsWhippingJudicial Punishment

If the guilty party deserves to be flogged, the judge will make him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number [of lashes] appropriate for his crime. He may be flogged with 40 lashes, but no more. Otherwise, if he is flogged with more lashes than these, your brother will be degraded in your sight.

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A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.” Verse ConceptsJudicial PunishmentPeople Releasing Others


And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:

My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or faint when you are reproved by Him,
Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saintsdiscipline, divineAssurance in the life of faithChastisementRebukeDespisersBelievers As Sons Of GodUnderestimationForgetting ThingsGod UrgingLosing CourageGod Requite Them!Discipline Child

Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me not refuse it.
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.
Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersevil, believers' responses toSpeech, Positive Aspects OfAdmonition, Of ChristiansOlive OilAccepting Beatingsnegativityrebuking




A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise person
than to listen to the song of fools,
Verse ConceptsReproving PeopleWise Man Or FoolFoolscriticismrebuking

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking