Beating

One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.

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.

Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.