Deuteronomy 25:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes.

Cross References

Job 18:3

Why have we been treated like mules, as if we were unworthy before you?

Luke 15:30

Yet after this son of yours returned, who has devoured his substance with loose women, you have killed the fatted calf for him.'