9 Bible Verses about Scourging

Most Relevant Verses

Job 5:21

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Acts 22:24

the tribunal commanded him to be brought into the fortress and bade that he should be examined by scourging that he might know why they cried out so against him.

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

And it shall be if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a certain number. Forty stripes he may give him and not exceed lest if he should exceed and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be despised before thee.

Acts 22:25

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned?

John 19:1-6

Then Pilate, therefore, took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.read more.
Pilate therefore went forth again and said unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then Jesus came forth, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said unto them, Behold the man! When the princes of the priests and the servants saw him, they cried out, saying, crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, Take him, and crucify him, for I find no fault in him.

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Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging

Proverbs 20:30

The scars of past wounds are medicine for evil, and living reproof reaches the most secret places in the inward parts.

Acts 22:24

the tribunal commanded him to be brought into the fortress and bade that he should be examined by scourging that he might know why they cried out so against him.

Acts 22:29

Then straightway those who should have tormented him departed from him, and the tribunal was also afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman and because he had bound him.

Punishments » Scourging

Acts 22:24

the tribunal commanded him to be brought into the fortress and bade that he should be examined by scourging that he might know why they cried out so against him.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

And it shall be if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a certain number. Forty stripes he may give him and not exceed lest if he should exceed and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be despised before thee.

Scourging » Instances of » Of jesus

Matthew 20:19

and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify; ; and the third day he shall rise again.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul

Acts 21:32

who immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down unto them; and when they saw the tribunal and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul.

Acts 22:24

the tribunal commanded him to be brought into the fortress and bade that he should be examined by scourging that he might know why they cried out so against him.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25

Of the Jews five times I received forty stripes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned; three times I suffered shipwreck, night and day I have been in the deep;

Scourging » Prescribed in the mosaic law for committing the sin of fornication

Leviticus 19:20

And when a man lies carnally with a woman that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband and has not been completely ransomed nor been given her freedom, both shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death because she is not free.

Deuteronomy 22:18

Then the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

Scourging » Figurative » Of the oppressions of rulers

1 Kings 12:11

And now whereas my father ladened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father has chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Scourging » Instances of » Of sosthenes

Acts 18:17

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul and silas

Acts 16:23

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely,

Scourging » Figurative » Of the evil tongue

Job 5:21

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Scourging » Foretold by jesus as a persecution of future Christians

Scourging » Of servants could be avenged

Exodus 21:20

And if a man smites his slave or his maid with a rod and he dies under his hand, he shall be surely punished.

Scourging » Fatal

Job 9:23

If it is the scourge, it slays suddenly, and it does not laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Scourging » Prescribed for other offenses

Deuteronomy 25:2

And it shall be if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a certain number.

Scourging » 40 stripes

Deuteronomy 25:3

Forty stripes he may give him and not exceed lest if he should exceed and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be despised before thee.

The Nation » Punishment » Scourging

Acts 22:24

the tribunal commanded him to be brought into the fortress and bade that he should be examined by scourging that he might know why they cried out so against him.

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