18 Bible Verses about Strictness

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

A poor man uses entreaties, but a rich man answers roughly.

She deals hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear,

Even the jackals draw out the breast; they give suck to their young ones. The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding hidden things, shall stand up.

And that bondman who knew his lord's will, and who did not prepare, nor do according to his will, will be beaten much,

having known me previously from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Because of this I write these things while absent, so that I may not act harshly when present, according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not be discouraged.

Behold therefore the goodness and the severity of God. Indeed toward those who fell, severity, but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou too will be cut off.

And the man who received the one talent also having come, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou are a hard man, reaping where thou did not sow, and gathering from where thou did not scatter.

For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow.

He says to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, thou evil bondman. Thou had known that I am an austere man taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.

And thou shall consider in thy heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so LORD thy God chastens thee.

And Cain said to LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

But the hand of LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with tumors, even Ashdod and the borders of it. And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand is hard upon us, and upon Dagon our god. They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. And they carriedread more.
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of LORD was against the city with a very great discomfiture. And he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and tumors broke out upon them. So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people. They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly dis And the men who did not die were smitten with the tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

Thou have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of thy hand thou persecute me.