27 Yoke and whip will bow the neck. For an evil slave there are racks and tortures. (WEB)
Sirach 33:27
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Proverbs 26:2–4
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Proverbs 20:29–30
29 The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old. 30 Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
Sirach 28:19–21
19 Happy is he who is sheltered from it, who has not passed through its wrath, who has not drawn its yoke, and has not been bound with its bands. (WEB) 20 For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass. (WEB) 21 Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than… (WEB)
Sirach 6:23–25
23 Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel. (WEB) 24 Bring your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her chain. (WEB) 25 Put your shoulder under her and bear her. Don’t be grieved with her bonds. (WEB)
Psalms of Solomon 4:19–21
19 Let his old age be spent in childless loneliness until his removal by death. (PSS) 20 Let the flesh of the men-pleasers be rent by wild beasts, And let the bones of the lawless lie dishonoured in the sight of the sun. (PSS) 21 Let ravens peck out the eyes of the hypocrites. (PSS)
Romans 11:9–11
9 And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. 10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.” 11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not!…
2 Chronicles 10:10–12
10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s w…
Psalms 105:17–19
17 He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave. 18 They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, 19 until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
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