Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the backs of fools.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.
Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment




The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by
is like an archer who wounds everyone.
Verse ConceptsChanceHiringWounds

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


> Verse ConceptsPurgingThe Inward BeingWoundsspankingscars



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

Mockers inflame a city,
but the wise turn away anger.
Verse ConceptsMockeryRidicule, Nature OfScoffersWorldly Snaresmockers



Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you mockers who rule this people in Jerusalem. For you said, "We have cut a deal with Death, and we have made an agreement with Sheol; when the overwhelming scourge passes through, it will not touch us, because we have made falsehood our refuge and have hidden behind treachery."


A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMockeryRidicule, Nature OfInfidelity To GodIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledgemockers


The Lord's curse is on the household of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous; He mocks those who mock, but gives grace to the humble.



So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their choice young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; He handed them all over to him. Verse ConceptsKingsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtArmies, Against IsraelBrutality

For the ruthless one will vanish,
the scorner will disappear,
and all those who lie in wait with evil intent
will be killed—
Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toMockeryInfidelity To GodUncharitablenessWatching To EntrapPeople EndedScoffersmockers

You will pay them back what they deserve, Lord, according to the work of their hands. You will give them a heart filled with anguish. May Your curse be on them! You will pursue [them] in anger and destroy them under Your heavens.