Deuteronomy 25:2-3
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2 then it shall be, if the wicked man (A)deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down (B)and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. 3 (C)Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother (D)be humiliated in your sight.
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Jeremiah 1:19
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19 They will fight against you,
But they shall not prevail against you.
For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”
Jeremiah 15:15
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15 O Lord, (A)You know;
Remember me and [a]visit me,
And (B)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.
Know that (C)for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.
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Jeremiah 37:15
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15 Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and they struck him (A)and put him in prison in the (B)house of Jonathan the scribe. For they had made that the prison.
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2 Corinthians 11:24
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24 From the Jews five times I received (A)forty (B)stripes minus one.
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