9 Bible Verses about Scourging

Most Relevant Verses

Job 5:21

In the scourge of the tongue thou shalt be hid, and thou shalt not be afraid of desolation when it shall come.

Acts 22:24

The captain of a thousand commanded him to be brought to the camp, having spoken to examine him by scourges; that he might know for what cause they exclaimed so against him.

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

And it was if the unjust be the son of smiting and the judge caused him to fall down and beat him before his face in proportion to his fault, by a number. Forty he shall beat him; He shall not add, lest he shall add to strike him above them with much beating, and thy brother was despised before thine eyes.

Acts 22:25

And as he held him before with thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful to scourge a man a Roman, and uncondemned?

John 19:1-6

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers having twined a crown of thorns, put upon his head, and they put round him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they gave him blows with a rod.read more.
Then again went out Pilate without, and says to them, See, I lead him to you without, that ye might know that in him I find no fault. Then went forth Jesus without, bearing a crown of thorns, and a purple garment. And he says to them, Behold the man! When therefore the chief priests and attendants saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify. Pilate says to them, Take ye him, and crucify; for I find no fault in him.

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Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging

Proverbs 20:30

The joining of a wound will cleanse against evil: and blows the chambers of the belly.

Acts 22:24

The captain of a thousand commanded him to be brought to the camp, having spoken to examine him by scourges; that he might know for what cause they exclaimed so against him.

Acts 22:29

Then quickly they about to examine him withdrew from him: and the captain of a thousand was afraid, knowing that he is a Roman, and because he had bound him.

Punishments » Scourging

Acts 22:24

The captain of a thousand commanded him to be brought to the camp, having spoken to examine him by scourges; that he might know for what cause they exclaimed so against him.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

And it was if the unjust be the son of smiting and the judge caused him to fall down and beat him before his face in proportion to his fault, by a number. Forty he shall beat him; He shall not add, lest he shall add to strike him above them with much beating, and thy brother was despised before thine eyes.

Scourging » Instances of » Of jesus

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul

Acts 21:32

Who having taken out of it the soldiers and centurions, he ran down to them: and they having seen the captain of a thousand and the soldiers, ceased striking Paul.

Acts 22:24

The captain of a thousand commanded him to be brought to the camp, having spoken to examine him by scourges; that he might know for what cause they exclaimed so against him.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25

Of the Jews five times I received forty, except one. Thrice was I scourged with rods, once was I stoned, thrice suffered I shipwreck, I have made a night and day in the deep;

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

Leviticus 19:20

And when a man shall lie with a woman with effusion of seed, and she a maid-servant betrothed to a man, and not redeemed by ransoming, and freedom not given to her, there shall be a punishment: they shall not die because she was not free.

Deuteronomy 22:18

And the old men of that city took the man and chastised him;

Scourging » Figurative » Of the oppressions of rulers

1 Kings 12:11

And now my father loaded upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add upon your yoke: my father chastised you with whips and I will chastise you with scorpions.

Scourging » Instances of » Of sosthenes

Acts 18:17

And all the Greeks having taken Sosthenes, ruler of the synagogue, beat before the judgment seat. And,Gallio cared for none of these.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul and silas

Acts 16:23

And many blows having been put upon them, they cast into prison, having commanded the jailor to keep them safely:

Scourging » Figurative » Of the evil tongue

Job 5:21

In the scourge of the tongue thou shalt be hid, and thou shalt not be afraid of desolation when it shall come.

Scourging » Foretold by jesus as a persecution of future Christians

Scourging » Of servants could be avenged

Exodus 21:20

And if a man shall strike his servant or his maid with a rod, and he died under his hand, avenging, he shall be avenged.

Scourging » Fatal

Job 9:23

If the scourge shall fall suddenly, he will deride at the trial of the innocent

Scourging » Prescribed for other offenses

Deuteronomy 25:2

And it was if the unjust be the son of smiting and the judge caused him to fall down and beat him before his face in proportion to his fault, by a number.

Scourging » 40 stripes

Deuteronomy 25:3

Forty he shall beat him; He shall not add, lest he shall add to strike him above them with much beating, and thy brother was despised before thine eyes.

The Nation » Punishment » Scourging

Acts 22:24

The captain of a thousand commanded him to be brought to the camp, having spoken to examine him by scourges; that he might know for what cause they exclaimed so against him.

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