Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



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

Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined. Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment




Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by. Verse ConceptsChanceHiringWounds

Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being. Verse ConceptsPurgingThe Inward BeingWoundsspankingscars


Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified. Verse ConceptsFloggingBody Of Christ, Physical SufferingDeath penaltyHumiliationPunishment, Legal Aspects OfPeer PressureBarabbasScourgingWhipsHanding Over ChristBeating JesusWhippingPeople Set Free By Peoplecrucifixion

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way. Verse ConceptsScourgingInterrogatingChiliarchsWhy Do Others Do This?serenity

Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up. Verse ConceptsChainsTying UpCitizens

"'When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free. Verse ConceptsBeatingsEngagementServants Of PeopleLaws Of Sexual UnionAdulteryDeath Penalty For Sexual Sin



The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him. Verse ConceptsWhippingJudicial Punishment

Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves. The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

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A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool. Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

I will therefore have him flogged and release him." Verse ConceptsJudicial PunishmentPeople Releasing Others

Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath. Verse ConceptsMockeryRidicule, Nature OfScoffersWorldly Snaresmockers



Therefore, listen to the Lord's word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem! For you say, "We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word."


The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person. 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. Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.



He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him. Verse ConceptsKingsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtArmies, Against IsraelBrutality

For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated -- Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toMockeryInfidelity To GodUncharitablenessWatching To EntrapPeople EndedScoffersmockers

(Tav) Pay them back what they deserve, O Lord, according to what they have done. Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them! Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the Lord's heaven.