Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment




The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. Verse ConceptsChanceHiringWounds

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. Verse ConceptsPurgingThe Inward BeingWoundsspankingscars



The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know for what cause they cried so against him. Verse ConceptsScourgingInterrogatingChiliarchsWhy Do Others Do This?serenity

Then forthwith they departed from him who were about to examine him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. Verse ConceptsChainsTying UpCitizens

And whoever lieth carnally with a woman that is a bond-maid betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged: they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. Verse ConceptsBeatingsEngagementServants Of PeopleLaws Of Sexual UnionAdulteryDeath Penalty For Sexual Sin



And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; Verse ConceptsWhippingJudicial Punishment

And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile to thee.

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A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool. Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

I will therefore chastise him, and release him. Verse ConceptsJudicial PunishmentPeople Releasing Others

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. Verse ConceptsMockeryRidicule, Nature OfScoffersWorldly Snaresmockers



Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not reach us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:


A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understandeth. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMockeryRidicule, Nature OfInfidelity To GodIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledgemockers


The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace to the lowly.

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise. Verse ConceptsadvisersMockeryResentment, Against GodWisdom, Human ImportanceResentmentScoffersRejecting Reproofmockers


Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. Verse ConceptsKingsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtArmies, Against IsraelBrutality

For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scoffer is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toMockeryInfidelity To GodUncharitablenessWatching To EntrapPeople EndedScoffersmockers

Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them. Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.