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Primary Verses:
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Deuteronomy 25:2-3
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"And it shall be, if the wicked
man be worthy to be beaten,
that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and
to be beaten before his face, according to his fault,
by a certain number. Forty stripes he may give him, and
not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him
above these with many stripes, then thy brother should
seem vile unto thee."
Supporting Verses:
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Ezra 7:26
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"And whosoever will not do the
law of thy God, and the law of the king,
let judgment be
executed speedily upon him, whether it
be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of
goods, or to imprisonment."
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Romans 13:2-4
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"Whosoever therefore resisteth
the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that
resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For
rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.
Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which
is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he
is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do
that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the
sword in vain: for he
is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon
him that doeth evil."
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