9 Bible Verses about Removing Heads

In three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you. He will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.

He exclaimed: May God strike me dead if Elisha is not beheaded before the day is over!

He sent a messenger to get Elisha. Meanwhile Elisha was at home with some elders who were visiting him. Before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders: That murderer is sending someone to kill me! When he gets here, shut the door. Do not let him come in. The king will follow him.

She asked her mother, What should I ask? And the mother said: The head of John the Baptist.

At once she went to the king and asked: Will you give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter.

He immediately commanded his guard to behead John the Baptist and bring his head to him.

Herod said: I beheaded John, but who is this, about whom I hear such things? He wanted to see him.

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I also saw the people who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image. They had not received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

You, O Jehovah, are a protective shield over me. You are my glory. You hold my head high.