20 Bible Verses about Torture

And his lord was displeased, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all the debt.

And the multitude came together against them, and the prefects tearing off their clothes gave orders to beat them with rods, and having inflicted many blows on them cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely; who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

women received their dead from a resurrection, others were tortured having not accepted redemption, that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others had trial of mockings and scourges, and besides of bonds and imprisonment; they were stoned, they were cut to pieces with saws, they were tried, they died with the death of the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,read more.
of whom the world was not worthy, wandering in deserts and mountains, and in caves and openings of the earth.

And it was given them not to kill them, but to sting them five months; and their sting was like the sting of a scorpion, when he strikes a man.

And the men having him in custody mocked him, beating him;

THEN the soldiers of the procurator taking Jesus to the Praetorium assembled about him the whole cohort, and stripped him, and put on him a crimson cloak, and making a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they knelt before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!read more.
And they spit on him, and took the reed and beat him on his head. And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off from him, and put on him his own clothes, and led him away to crucify him.

AND the soldiers led him away into the court which is the Praetorium, and called together all the cohort. And they put on him a purple garment, and plaiting a thorny crown put it on him. And they saluted him, Hail, king of the Jews!read more.
And they struck his head with a reed, and beat him, and kneeling down worshipped him. And when they had mocked him they took off the purple garment, and put on him his own clothes, and they led him away to crucify him,

And the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head; and they put a purple garment about him, and came to him and said, Hail, king of the Jews! And they struck him with the open hand.

where they crucified him, and two others with him, one on one side and the other on the other, and Jesus between.

And having crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots,

And they crucified him, and divided his clothes, casting lots for them which should take any thing.

And when they arrived at the place called Cranium, there they crucified him, and the criminals; one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us?

and crying with a loud voice, said, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I adjure you, by God, not to torment me.

And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and worshipped him, and said with a loud voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg of you not to torment me;

And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where also the beast and the false prophet [were cast], and they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into life eternal.

and in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And the smoke of their torment rises up forever and ever, and they have no rest day nor night who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

as much as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much distress and sorrow give her. For she says in her mind, I sit a queen and am not a widow and I see not sorrow.