or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.

for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.

When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise;
But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.”

And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him.

Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”

And he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death; therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”

“If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.

So the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him,

“If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges decide.

No one who may have been set apart among men shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

Whoever will not observe the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him strictly, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of goods or for imprisonment.”

If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him.

Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’