9 Bible Verses about Scourging

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Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes.

Acts 22:24

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying for him to be examined by scourging, so that he might know why they cried out so against him.

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

then it shall be, if the wrongdoer is worthy to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to fall down. And one shall strike him in his presence, enough for his wrong, by a certain number. He may give him forty stripes, no more, lest he should exceed and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother would be dishonored before your eyes.

Acts 22:25

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

John 19:1-6

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and flogged Him. And the soldiers plaited 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 struck Him with their hands.read more.
Then Pilate went out again and said to them, Behold, I bring him out to you so that you may know that I find no fault in him. Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Behold the man! Then when the chief priests and under-officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, Crucify! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, You 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 stripes of a wound cleanses away evil, and strokes the inward parts of the belly.

Acts 22:24

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying for him to be examined by scourging, so that he might know why they cried out so against him.

Acts 22:29

Then immediately, those being about to examine him stood away from him. And the chiliarch also was afraid, fully knowing that he was a Roman, and that he had bound him.

Punishments » Scourging

Acts 22:24

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying for him to be examined by scourging, so that he might know why they cried out so against him.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

then it shall be, if the wrongdoer is worthy to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to fall down. And one shall strike him in his presence, enough for his wrong, by a certain number. He may give him forty stripes, no more, lest he should exceed and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother would be dishonored before your eyes.

Scourging » Instances of » Of jesus

Matthew 20:19

And they shall deliver Him to the nations to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He shall rise again.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul

Acts 21:32

He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, they quit beating Paul.

Acts 22:24

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying for him to be examined by scourging, so that he might know why they cried out so against him.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25

Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the deep.

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

Leviticus 19:20

And whoever lies with a woman with semen, and she is a slave-girl, betrothed to a husband and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her, there shall be an inquest. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

Deuteronomy 22:18

And the elders of that city shall take that man and punish him.

Scourging » Figurative » Of the oppressions of rulers

1 Kings 12:11

And now my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, and I will add to your yoke. My father has whipped you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Scourging » Instances of » Of sosthenes

Acts 18:17

And all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio did not care for any of these things.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul and silas

Acts 16:23

And after laying on them many stripes, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailor to keep them safely;

Scourging » Figurative » Of the evil tongue

Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery 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 strikes his servant, or his maidservant, with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

Scourging » Fatal

Job 9:23

If the whip kills suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the innocent.

Scourging » Prescribed for other offenses

Deuteronomy 25:2

then it shall be, if the wrongdoer is worthy to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to fall down. And one shall strike him in his presence, enough for his wrong, by a certain number.

Scourging » 40 stripes

Deuteronomy 25:3

He may give him forty stripes, no more, lest he should exceed and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother would be dishonored before your eyes.

The Nation » Punishment » Scourging

Acts 22:24

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying for him to be examined by scourging, so that he might know why they cried out so against him.

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Theasaurus: Scourging