29 Bible Verses about Punishment of the The Wicked

He lends money for interest and makes excessive profits. Will this person live? He will not live. He has done all these disgusting things. So he must die, and he will be responsible for his own death.

The life of every person belongs to me. The life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The person who sins will die.

The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity. The righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself. And the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

'I will punish him, his descendants, and his attendants for their wickedness. They refused to listen. So I will bring on them, on those who live in Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah all the disasters that I have threatened.''

Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me. When I tell a wicked man that he will surely die, but you do not warn him or speak out so that he can change his wicked way in order to save his life; that wicked man will die because of his sin. I will hold you responsible for his death.

But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'

But God will shoot his arrows and quickly wound them.

He who is often reprimanded and hardens his neck will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

When they say, Peace and security! then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape.

Surprise them with destruction. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.

If the word spoken through angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward (penalty).

First, I will have them pay twice as much for their wickedness and their sin, because they have polluted my land. They have filled my property with the lifeless statues of their detestable and disgusting idols.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done to others will be done to them.

You only have to look with your eyes to see the punishment of wicked people.

The Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels. He will then reward each man according to his deeds.

We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether it is good or bad.

[There will be] tribulation and distress on every person who works evil, for the Jew first and for the Greek.

He will render to each according to his works.

I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.

You will eat the bodies of your sons and daughters.

I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement. Your strength will be spent uselessly. Your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

Who did God swear would never enter his rest? He was talking about those who did not obey him.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved. He who does not believe will be condemned.

They were broken off because of unbelief! You stand by faith! Do not be conceited but be reverent.

Indeed, we have had good news presented to us. They also had it. But the word that was heard did not benefit them because they were not united in faith by what was heard.

When I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.

He who sows unrighteousness will reap vanity. The rod of his anger will fail.

He that sows to his own flesh will harvest corruption of the flesh. But he that sows to the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

You are now ashamed of the fruit you had at that time. For the results of these things is death.

If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is better to lose a part of your body then to have your whole body destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom.

The grave is the destiny of all the wicked, of all those who reject God.

I will show you the one to fear. Fear the one who, after he has killed, has power to destroy you (throw into the ever-burning trash fires of the valley of Hinnom) (Greek: Gehenna). This is one you should fear.

He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.

Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them are an example for they, in like manner with these surrendered to fornication and went after flesh for unnatural use. They received justice by ever burning fire.

The ground opened up and swallowed them along with Korah. They and their followers died when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty men. This was a warning.

Now these things were examples for us. They teach us not to lust after evil things like they did. Do not be idolaters like some of them. It is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play. Do not commit fornication like some of them committed. Twenty three thousand of them died in one day. read more.
Do not test Jehovah like some of them also did and were destroyed by serpents. Do not grumble like some of them grumbled. Venomous snakes killed them. These things happened for examples, and they are written for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.

I will feed oppressors with their own flesh. They will be intoxicated with their own blood as if by sweet wine. Everyone will know that I am Jehovah, your Savior and Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

That is why everyone who devours you will be devoured, and all your enemies will be taken away as captives. Those who looted you will be looted. Those who stole from you in war will have things stolen from them.

Their children will be like they were long ago. Their community will be established in my presence, and I will punish everyone who oppresses them.

They will suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the Lord and from the glory of his might.

Wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers flourish. Yet they will be destroyed forever.

God will destroy you forever. He will remove you from your dwelling place from out of the land of the living.

Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.

The Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels. He will then reward each man according to his deeds.

When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

Those who exalt themselves will be humbled. And people who humble themselves will be exalted.

It will happen when Jehovah has performed all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. He will say: I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty appearance.

That day Jehovah will punish the host of heaven on high and the kings of the earth below.

It will be like people, like the priests. I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their actions.

Jehovah brings legal charges against Judah and punishes Jacob because of the way their people act. He will pay them back for what they have done.

But I will punish you according to the results of your deeds,' declares Jehovah. 'I will kindle a fire in its forest that will devour all its environs.'

They have prepared a net for my steps. I am bowed down. They dig a pit before me. But they have fallen into it.

Their sword will enter their own heart. Their bows will be broken.

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he made for Mordecai. Then the king's rage subsided.

I will bring war on you to get revenge for my promise you rejected. When you gather in your cities, I will send plagues on you and you will fall under the control of your enemy.

I will make your land so deserted that your enemies will be shocked as they settle in it. I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.

But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.

He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.'

I will destroy your worship sites. I will cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on top of your dead idols. I will view you with disgust.

As my hand took hold of the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose carved images were greater then those of Jerusalem and Samaria, As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?'

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon that were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment than for you. Will you, Capernaum, be exalted into heaven? You will go down into the grave. If the mighty works had been done in Sodom, which were done in you, it would have remained until this day. read more.
But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! If the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. It will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. Will you Capernaum be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to the grave.

I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will also end the arrogance of the proud. I will demean (disgrace) the arrogance of tyranny.

If you still will not listen to me, I will discipline you seven times for your sins.

Because of the iniquity of his covetousness gain I was angry and struck him. I hid and was angry. He went on backsliding in the way of his heart (his heart directed course of life).

That country has many rivers and rich treasures. Yet its time is up, and its thread of life is cut.

then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.

He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death. He let the plague take their lives.

When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

These will go away into ever-burning fire (everlasting cutting off) (death) (total destruction) (doom) (punishment) (everlasting penalty), but the righteous to everlasting life.'

The sin of divination is rebellion. Wickedness and idolatry are arrogance. They are evil. Because you rejected the word of Jehovah, he rejects you as king.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you! You will not be a priest to me since you have forgotten the Law of your God. Therefore, I will forget your children. They grew in number and sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame. They feed on the sins of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. read more.
It will be like people, like the priests. I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their actions.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore, through one-man sin entered into the world, and death through sin. So death passed to all men, for all have sinned. Until the law sin was in the world. Sin is not imputed (put on account) when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even for those who had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression. Adam is in some ways like Christ who came later. read more.
But the two are not the same, because God's gift (spiritual endowment) is not like Adam's sin. It is true that many people died because of the sin of that one man. But God's grace is much greater, and so is his gift to so many people through the loving-kindness of the one man, Jesus Christ. And there is a difference between God's gift (spiritual endowment) and the sin of one man. After the one sin, came the guilty judgment; but after so many sins, comes the undeserved gift of righteousness. It was by the transgression of the one that death ruled as king through that one. Even more so shall those who receive the abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, rule as kings in life by the one, Jesus Christ.

They will look toward the nations of the earth and see only distress and gloom. They will go in anguish and be banished into darkness.

That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish. That day will be a day of trouble, devastation and desolation! It will be a day of darkness and gloom. Indeed that day will be a day of clouds and overcast skies.

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.

but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, for which the black darkness has been reserved forever.

Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.

Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them are an example for they, in like manner with these surrendered to fornication and went after flesh for unnatural use. They received justice by ever burning fire.

(spurious, but included in King James Version, Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.)

Then they will go out and look at the corpses of those who have rebelled (sinned) against me. The worms that eat them will not die. The fire that burns them will not go out and they will disgust all humanity.

It is a righteous thing for God to repay with affliction (great suffering and distress) those who afflict you.

They will render vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.

They will render vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.

I will fill those who are left in the land of their enemies with despair. The sound of a windblown leaf will make them run. They will run away and fall, but no one will be chasing them. They will stumble over each other. Yet no one will be after them. They will not be able to stand up to their enemies.

This is what Jehovah says: The people of Anathoth want to kill you. They say: Do not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, or we will kill you. This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: I am going to punish them. The young men will die by the sword because of war. Their sons and daughters will die by famine.

What protest may a living man make? Can a man protest about the punishment for his sin?

Sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly. Therefore the hearts of the sons of men are fully committed to do evil.

The smoke of their torment will ascend forever and ever. They who worship the beast and his image and receive the mark of his name have no rest day or night.

the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority. They turned their backs on your law, and murdered your prophets. These prophets gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you. They did much to make you angry. So you gave them up into the hands of their enemies who were cruel to them. In the time of their trouble, when they prayed to you, you listened to them from heaven. In your great mercy you gave them saviors, who made them free from the hands of their enemies.

the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

I will send wild animals among you. They will rob you of your children. They will destroy your cattle, and make you so few that your roads will be deserted.

Hand in hand united, the wicked shall not be unpunished; but the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

The righteous will be rewarded on the earth much more than the wicked and the sinner.

You serpents! You offspring of vipers! How will you escape from being destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom? (Greek: Gehenna, the trash fires in the valley just outside of Jerusalem)

So you gave them up into the hands of their enemies who were cruel to them. In the time of their trouble, when they prayed to you, you listened to them from heaven. In your great mercy you gave them saviors, who made them free from the hands of their enemies.

I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy. They suffer no pain. Their bodies are healthy. They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued with problems like mankind. read more.
That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing. Their eyes stand out with fatness, and their heart's imagination run wild. They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression. They set their mouth in the heavens and their tongue parades through the earth. Therefore his people return here and here they drink waters of abundance. They ask: How does God know? And is there knowledge with the most High? Behold, these are the ungodly. They prosper in the world; they increase in wealth. I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. I have been plagued all day long, and chastened every morning. If I say, I will speak thus; then, I would offend the generation of your children. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me. I understood their end when I went into the sanctuary of God. Surely you set them in slippery places. You threw them down into destruction. How are they destroyed, suddenly! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

The unfaithful servant who knew what his master wanted and did not do it will be beaten. He who did not know and did things unacceptable will receive a lesser punishment. To whom much is given, much will be required and to whom they commit much they will demand even more.

He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side. He called out: Father Abraham! Take pity on me! Please send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue. I am in torment in this fire! Abraham said: Remember, my son, in your lifetime you were given good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. Now he is enjoying himself while you are in torment. read more.
There is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so. And no one can cross over to us from where you are.

The sinners in Zion are terrified. The godless tremble. Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with long lasting fire?

I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will also end the arrogance of the proud. I will demean (disgrace) the arrogance of tyranny.

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, so God gave them over to a reprobate (depraved) mind, to do things that are not fitting.

He has turned their wickedness against them. He will destroy them because of their sins. Jehovah our God will destroy them.

They will return. Those who did good will have the resurrection of life. Those who did evil will receive the resurrection of judgment.

But whoever speaks evil and defames Holy Spirit will not be forgiven but is guilty of an eternal sin.

He who puts active faith in the Son has everlasting life. He who disobeys* the Son will not see life for the wrath of God remains upon him. (*Greek: apeitheo: willfully disobey, not having faith)