Abram said to Sarai, "Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best." Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked, "Where do you come from?" They answered, "From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food."

"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.

You may give them as inheritance to your children after you to possess as property. You may enslave them perpetually. However, as for your brothers the Israelites, no man may rule over his brother harshly.

He must be with the one who bought him like a yearly hired worker. The one who bought him must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

But she replied to them, "Don't call me 'Naomi'! Call me 'Mara' because the Sovereign One has treated me very harshly.

Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn't the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?

David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.

He was treated harshly and afflicted, but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth.

Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority -- the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!

Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,