5 Bible Verses about Removing Heads

And she withdrew and consulted her mother, what to ask: and she said, The head of John the baptist.

And immediately she came in again with eagerness to the king, and said, I desire that thou wouldst give me directly the head of John the baptist in a dish.

and ordered his head to be brought:

And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? and he wanted to see Him.

And I saw thrones, and persons sat on them, and judgement 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 received not his mark upon their forehead, and on their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.