5 Bible Verses about Removing Heads

Then she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? and she said, The head of John the Baptist.

And she came in immediately with eagerness to the king, and asked, saying, I desire that thou wilt give me on the spot, in a charger, the head of John the Baptist.

And the king immediately sending a centinel, commanded his head to be brought thither: and he went, and beheaded him in the prison,

And Herod said, John I beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

And I saw thrones, and persons were seated upon them, and authority to judge was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, and had not received the brand in their foreheads, and upon their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.