8 Bible Verses about Strictness

And that servant who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

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

For this cause, I write these things while absent; that I may not, when present, deal sharply according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not casting down.

Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be disheartened.

Behold, then, God's kindness and severity; toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, God's kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise, you also shall be cut off.

And he who received the one talent, coming near said, 'Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man; reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter;

for I feared you, because you are a harsh man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'

He says to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, O evil servant! You knew that I am a harsh man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping where I did not sow;