9 Bible Verses about Capital Punishment

Most Relevant Verses

Genesis 9:5-6

I will require your lifeblood as an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. I will demand an accounting from each man for the life of his fellow man. Whoever sheds the blood of man will have his blood shed by man. For man was made in the image of God.

Genesis 9:5

I will require your lifeblood as an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. I will demand an accounting from each man for the life of his fellow man.

Leviticus 20:11-14

A man who has intercourse with one of his father's wives disgraces his father. Both he and the woman must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have done a disgusting thing and deserve to die. When a man has sexual intercourse with another man as with a woman, both men are doing something disgusting and must be put to death. They deserve to die!read more.
When a man marries a woman and her mother, they have done a perverted thing. The man and the two women must be burned. Never do this perverted thing.

Deuteronomy 22:25

If an engaged woman is raped (forced to experience sex) only the man who commits the act will die.

Deuteronomy 13:1-10

If a prophet or an interpreter of dreams appears among you and gives you a sign or a wonder (portent) (omen) (forecast of the future), in order to lead you to worship and serve gods that you have not worshiped before, and even if what they promise comes true, do not listen to them. Jehovah your God is allowing them to test you. He will then know that you love Jehovah with all your heart.read more.
Follow Jehovah and respect him. Obey him and keep his commandments. Worship him and be faithful to him (stick to him) (stay close to him) (cleave, cling to him). Put to death any interpreters of dreams or prophets that tell you to rebel against Jehovah. For he (Jehovah) rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. Such people are evil and are trying to lead you away from the life that Jehovah has commanded you to live. They must be put to death, in order to get rid of this evil. If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your very best friend tries to secretly entice you, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods, gods neither you nor your fathers have known, the gods of the people who are around you from one end of the earth to the other end.' Do not yield to him or listen to him. Your eye should not have pity on him. You should not spare or conceal him. You must kill him! Your hand should be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. Stone him to death because he has sought to draw you away from Jehovah your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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Punishment » Capital Punishment » For capital offences

Exodus 21:14

If a man schemes and kills a man deliberately remove him from my altar and put him to death.

Deuteronomy 21:21

All the men of his city shall stone him to death. In that way you will remove the evil from your midst. All Israel will hear about it and fear.

Punishment » Capital Punishment » Delayed

Isaiah 48:9

For my name's sake I will be patient. For my glory's sake I will hold my anger back from you, and not destroy you.

1 Kings 21:29

Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has done this, I will not bring disaster on him during his lifetime. It will be during his son's lifetime that I will bring disaster on Ahab's family.

1 Kings 11:12

I will not do it in your lifetime, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

Punishment » Capital Punishment » Examples of the infliction of

Numbers 16:32

and the earth opened up to swallow them, their families, the followers of Korah, and all their property.

Leviticus 10:2

A fire flashed from Jehovah and burned them. They died in the presence of Jehovah.

Joshua 7:25

Joshua said: Why have you troubled us? Jehovah will trouble you this day. All Israel stoned them with stones. After they stoned them they burned them with fire.

2 Chronicles 23:15

They seized her and took her to the palace. There at the Horse Gate they killed her.

Punishment » Capital Punishment » Of children

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