Luke.12.47  And that servant who knew his master's will, but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall receive a severe beating.
Luke.19.21  for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'
Luke.19.22  He said to him, `I will condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?
2Cor.8.2  for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality on their part.
2Cor.13.10  I write this while I am away from you, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.