Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?
So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.
Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?