8 Bible Verses about Punishments

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Revelation 22:18

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,

1 John 5:17

All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

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Punishments » Hanging

Punishments » Stoning » Examples of

Acts 14:19

But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium; and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

Punishments » Stoning » Laws concerning

More verses: Deuteronomy 22:24

Punishments » Beating

Acts 21:32

At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Mark 13:9

But watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

Acts 5:40

So they took his advice, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Acts 16:22

The crowd joined against them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

Punishments » Stripes » Examples of stripes endured for righteousness sake

Acts 16:23

And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to guard them securely.

Punishments » Confiscation of property

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Restitution

Punishments » Were inflicted » By the witnesses

John 8:7

And when they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."

Acts 7:58-59

Then they cast him out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

Punishments » Burning

Punishments » Designed to be a warning to others

Punishments » Scourging

Acts 22:24

the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and commanded him to be examined by scourging so that he might find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way.

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Exposing to wild beasts

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Stoning

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Burning

Punishments » Hard labour

Punishments » Beheading

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was given. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony to Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast or his image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Punishments » Stripes » Mutilations » Forty

Punishments » Were inflicted » Without pity

Punishments » Banishment

Acts 18:2

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He went to see them,

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Beheading

Mark 6:27

And immediately the king sent an executioner and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard, he said, "This is John, whom I beheaded; he has been raised from the dead!"

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Hanging

Punishments » Were inflicted » By order of kings

Punishments » Were inflicted » On the guilty

Punishments » Exposure to wild beasts

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Fine, or giving of money

Punishments » Were inflicted » By soldiers

Matthew 27:27-35

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and when they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand. And they bowed the knee before him and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" read more.
And they spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull), they offered him wine to drink, mingled with gall; but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots;

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Confinement » Dungeon

Punishments » Were inflicted » Immediately after sentence was passed

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Torturing

Matthew 18:34

And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Crucifying

Punishments » Sometimes deferred for a considerable time

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Plucking out the hair

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Putting out the eyes

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Confinement » Stocks

Acts 16:24

Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Banishment

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Slaying with the sword

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Cutting in pieces

Matthew 24:51

and he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Imprisonment

Matthew 5:25

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him to court, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Punishments » Power of inflicting, given to magistrates

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Casting headlong from a rock

Punishments » Were inflicted » Without partiality

Punishments » Were inflicted » by the people

Punishments » For murder not to be commuted

Punishments » Were sometimes commuted

Punishments » Antiquity of

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Bruising in mortars

Punishments » Strangers not exempted from

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Cutting off hands and feet

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Cutting off nose and ears

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Selling the criminal, &c

Matthew 18:25

And as he was not able to pay, his master ordered that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Sawing asunder

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

Punishments » Sometimes deferred until God was consulted

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Binding with chains and fetters

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Mutilating the hands and feet

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Casting into the sea

Punishments » Were inflicted » By order of magistrates

Acts 16:22

The crowd joined against them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

Punishments » Inflicting of capital, not permitted to the jews by the romans

John 18:31

Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death."

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Confiscating the property

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