16 Bible Verses about Judicial Punishment

whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

by the decree of the sifters is the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.

'And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

having chastised, therefore, I will release him,'

And he a third time said unto them, 'Why, what evil did he? no cause of death did I find in him; having chastised him, then, I will release him.'

And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand -- he is certainly avenged;

from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

'And the elders of that city have taken the man, and chastise him,

'And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;

'No devoted thing, which is devoted of man, is ransomed, it is surely put to death.

and any who doth not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, speedily is judgment done upon him, whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of riches, and to bonds.'

'And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him; breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.

and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;