7 Bible Verses about Punishments

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Revelation 22:18

[I adjure all who hear 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 iniquity is sin, but there are sins which are not deadly.

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Punishments » Hanging

Punishments » Stoning » Examples of

Acts 14:19

But Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, who won over the crowds, and after pelting Paul with stones they dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead.

Punishments » Stoning » Laws concerning

More verses: Deuteronomy 22:24

Punishments » Beating

Acts 21:32

Taking some soldiers and officers, he at once rushed down to them, and when they saw the commander and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul.

Mark 13:9

Look to yourselves. Men will hand you over to Sanhedrins and you will be flogged in synagogues and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them.

Acts 5:40

They gave in to him, and after summoning the apostles and giving them a flogging, they released them with instructions that they were not to speak about the name of Jesus.

Acts 16:22

The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, while the praetors, after having them stripped and after ordering them to be flogged with rods,

Punishments » Stripes » Examples of stripes endured for righteousness sake

Acts 16:23

had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe.

Punishments » Confiscation of property

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Restitution

Punishments » Were inflicted » By the witnesses

John 8:7

but as they persisted with their question, he raised himself and said to them, "Let the innocent among you throw the first stone at her";

Acts 7:58-59

Putting him outside the city, they proceeded to stone him (the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a youth called Saul). So they stoned Stephen, who called on the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

Punishments » Burning

Punishments » Designed to be a warning to others

Punishments » Scourging

Acts 22:24

till the commander ordered him to be taken inside the barracks and examined under the lash, so as to find out why the people shouted at him in this way.

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Exposing to wild beasts

1 Corinthians 15:32

What would it avail me that, humanly speaking, I 'fought with wild beasts' at Ephesus? If dead men do not rise, let us eat and drink, for we will be dead to-morrow!

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Stoning

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Burning

Punishments » Hard labour

Punishments » Beheading

Revelation 20:4

And I saw thrones with people sitting on them, who were allowed to judge ??saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and God's word, those who would not worship the Beast or his statue, and who would not receive his mark on their forehead or hand; they came to life and reigned along with the Christ for a thousand years.

Punishments » Stripes » Mutilations » Forty

Punishments » Were inflicted » Without pity

Punishments » Banishment

Acts 18:2

There he came across a Jew called Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla, as Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul accosted them,

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Beheading

Mark 6:27

so the king at once sent one of the guard with orders to bring his head. The man went and beheaded him in the prison,

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded."

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Hanging

Punishments » Were inflicted » By order of kings

Punishments » Were inflicted » On the guilty

Punishments » Exposure to wild beasts

1 Corinthians 15:32

What would it avail me that, humanly speaking, I 'fought with wild beasts' at Ephesus? If dead men do not rise, let us eat and drink, for we will be dead to-morrow!

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 got all the regiment round him; they stripped him and threw a scarlet mantle round him, plaited a crown of thorns and set it on his head, put a stick in his hand, and knelt before him in mockery, crying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" read more.
They spat on him, they took the stick and struck him on the head, and after making fun of him they stripped him of the mantle, put on his own clothes, and took him off to be crucified. As they went out they met a Cyrenian called Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross. When they came to a place called Golgotha (meaning the place of a skull), they gave him a drink of wine mixed with bitters; but when he tasted it he would not drink it. Then they crucified him, distributed his clothes among them by drawing 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 hot anger his master handed him over to the torturers, till he should pay him all the debt.

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Crucifying

Matthew 20:19

and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; then on the third day he will be raised."

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

On receiving so strict a charge, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Banishment

Revelation 1:9

I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Slaying with the sword

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Cutting in pieces

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Imprisonment

Matthew 5:25

Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;

Punishments » Power of inflicting, given to magistrates

Romans 13:4

the magistrate is God's servant for your benefit. But if you do wrong, you may well be alarmed; a magistrate does not wield the power of the sword for nothing, he is God's servant for the infliction of divine vengeance upon evil-doers.

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

as he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the sum.

Punishments » Capital kinds of » Sawing asunder

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 also joined in the attack upon them, while the praetors, after having them stripped and after ordering them to be flogged with rods,

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

John 18:31

Then said Pilate, "Take him yourselves, and sentence him according to your own Law." The Jews said, "We have no right to put anyone to death"

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Confiscating the property

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