Deuteronomy 25:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If the judge decides a person must be beaten with a whip, the judge must make that person lie face down. Someone will beat the guilty person while the judge watches. The number of times he must be hit depends on the crime.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you were healed.

1 Peter 2:20

But if you are punished for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for bearing that punishment. But if you suffer for doing good and you are patient, this pleases God.

Acts 5:40

They called the apostles in again. They beat them and told them not to speak anymore using the name of Jesus. Then they let them go free.

Matthew 27:26

Then Pilate set Barabbas free. And he told some soldiers to beat Jesus with whips. Then he handed him over to the soldiers to be killed on a cross.

Matthew 10:17

Be careful! There are people who will arrest you and take you to be judged. They will whip you in their synagogues.

Acts 23:3

Paul said to Ananias, “God will hit you too! You are like a dirty wall that has been painted white. You sit there and judge me, using the Law of Moses. But you are telling them to hit me, and that is against the law.”

Nehemiah 13:25

So I told the men that they were wrong. I said bad things to them. I hit some of them, and I pulled out their hair. I forced them to make a promise in God’s name. I said to them, “You must not marry the daughters of these foreigners. Don’t let their daughters marry your sons, and don’t let your daughters marry the sons of these foreigners.

Proverbs 19:29

People who show no respect for anything must be brought to justice. You must punish such fools.