Deuteronomy 25:3
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3 But never give more than forty lashes; more than forty lashes would publicly humiliate your neighbor.
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Job 18:3
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3 Do you think we are mere animals?
Do you think we are stupid?
James 2:2-3
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2 For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting[a] dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in dirty clothes. 3 If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, “You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor”—well,
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- 2:2 Greek your synagogue.
2 Corinthians 11:24-25
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24 Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty-nine lashes. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.
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Luke 18:9-12
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Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector
9 Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else: 10 “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer[a]: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! 12 I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’
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- 18:11 Some manuscripts read stood and prayed this prayer to himself.
Luke 15:30
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30 Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’
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