'Rod' in the Bible
And if a man strikes his male slave or his female slave with the rod and he dies under his hand, he will surely be avenged.
As for every tithe of cattle or of the flock, all which crosses under the rod, the tenth shall be a holy object for Yahweh.
I will be a father to him, and he will be a son for me, whom I will punish when he does wrong, with a rod of men and with blows of the {human beings}.
May he remove his rod from me, and let his dread not terrify me;
Their houses [are] safe without fear, and the rod of God [is] not upon them.
You will break them with an iron rod. Like a potter's vessel you will shatter them."
Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you [are] with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me
then I will punish their transgression with rod, and their guilt with wounds.
On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod [is] for the back of one who lacks {sense}.
He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him {gives him} discipline.
In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.
He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy; [the] rod of discipline will drive it from him.
Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
As for you, with the rod you shall beat him, and his life you will save from Sheol.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
As for a rod and reproof, they will give wisdom, but a neglected child is disgraced [by] his mother.
For you have shattered the yoke of its burden and the stick of its shoulder, the rod of its oppressor, on the day of Midian.
Ah! Assyria, the rod of my anger, and a staff is in their hand: my wrath!
Does the ax boast against the one who cuts with it, or the saw magnify itself against [the] one who moves it to and fro? {As if a rod should move the one who lifts it}! {As if a staff should lift up that which is not wood}!
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh of hosts: "My people who live [in] Zion, you must not be afraid of Assyria. It beats you with the rod, and it lifts up its staff against you {as the Egyptians did}.
But he shall judge [the] poor with righteousness, and he shall decide for [the] needy of [the] earth with rectitude. And he shall strike [the] earth with the rod of his mouth, and he shall kill [the] wicked person with the breath of his lips.
You must not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, for a viper will come forth from [the] root of [the] snake, and its fruit [will be] a flying serpent.
For dill is not threshed with threshing sledge, nor is a wheel of a utility cart {rolled} over cumin, but dill is beaten out with stick, and cumin with rod.
Indeed, Assyria will be shattered by the voice of Yahweh; he strikes with the rod.
I am a man who has seen misery, under the rod of his wrath.
"And I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
It is sharpened to slaughter a slaughter, {polished to flash like lightning}! Or will we rejoice? A rod, my son, [is] despising every tree.
For {examine}! And what if also [the] rod will not be despising?' {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
My people, consult {their wooden idols}, and their divining rod gives them oracles; because a spirit of whoredom led [them] astray, and they played the whore from under their God.
Now muster troops, O daughter of troops; a siege he puts against us. They strike the ruler of Israel with a rod on the cheek.