Quotes about Beating
When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
- Numbers 22:23
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- Proverbs 18:6
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
- Proverbs 23:35
Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
- Isaiah 32:12
And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
- Matthew 24:49
So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
- Luke 20:11
And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.
- Luke 23:48
But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”
- Acts 16:37
Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
- Acts 21:32
Nothing will undo the accident; nothing will immediately repair the jar, so what is the urgency of the beating? To teach a lesson or to enjoy it?
- Toni Morrison
I love your hills and I love your dales, And I love your flocks a-bleating; but oh, on the heather to lie together, With both our hearts a-beating!
- John Keats
My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?
- Alice Walker