6 Bible Verses about Judicial Punishment

and to governors as sent by Him to punish those who do evil and to reward those who do right.

For the civil authorities are God's servants to do you good. But if you practice doing wrong, you should dread them, for they do not wield the sword for nothing. Indeed, they are God's servants to inflict punishment upon people who do wrong.

And the master was enraged and turned him over to the official torturers, until he should pay the whole debt.

So I will flog Him and let Him go."

Then a third time he spoke to them, "Why, what wrong has He done? I have found nothing in Him deserving the death penalty. So I will flog Him and let Him go."

"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'