9 Bible Verses about Scourging

Most Relevant Verses

Job 5:21

He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear.

Acts 22:24

the captain bade him to be brought into the castle: and commanded him to be scourged, and to be examined, that he might know wherefore they cried on him.

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

And if the trespasser be worthy of stripes, then let the judge cause to take him down and to beat him before his face according to his trespass, unto a certain number. Forty stripes he shall give him and not pass: lest if he should exceed and beat him above that with many stripes, thy brother should appear ungodly before thine eyes.

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 took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers wound a crown of thorns and put it on his head. And they did on him a purple garment, and said, "Hail King of the Jews." And they smote him on the face.read more.
Pilate 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 came Jesus forth wearing a crown of thorns and a robe of purple. And Pilate said unto them, "Behold the man." When the high priests and ministers saw him, they cried, saying, "Crucify him, crucify him." Pilate said unto them, Take ye him and crucify him: For I find no cause in him.

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Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging

Proverbs 20:30

Wounds drive away evil; and so do stripes the inward parts of the body.

Acts 22:24

the captain bade him to be brought into the castle: and commanded him to be scourged, and to be examined, that he might know wherefore they cried on him.

Acts 22:29

Then straightway departed from him they which should have examined him. And the high captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman: because he had bound him.

Punishments » Scourging

Acts 22:24

the captain bade him to be brought into the castle: and commanded him to be scourged, and to be examined, that he might know wherefore they cried on him.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

And if the trespasser be worthy of stripes, then let the judge cause to take him down and to beat him before his face according to his trespass, unto a certain number. Forty stripes he shall give him and not pass: lest if he should exceed and beat him above that with many stripes, thy brother should appear ungodly before thine eyes.

Scourging » Instances of » Of jesus

Matthew 20:19

and shall deliver him to the gentiles, to be mocked, to be scourged, and to be crucified: and the third day he shall rise again."

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul

Acts 21:32

Which immediately took soldiers and under-captains, and ran down unto them. When they saw the upper-captain and the soldiers; They left smiting of Paul.

Acts 22:24

the captain bade him to be brought into the castle: and commanded him to be scourged, and to be examined, that he might know wherefore they cried on him.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25

in death often. Of the Jews, five times received I, every time, forty stripes, save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods. I was once stoned. I suffered thrice shipwreck. Night and day have I been in the deep of the sea.

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

Leviticus 19:20

"'When a man lieth with a woman and hath to do with her, which is a bondwoman and hath been meddled withal of another man; but not loosed out nor hath obtained freedom, it shall be punished: but they shall not suffer death, because she was not free.

Deuteronomy 22:18

Then let the elders of that city take that man and chastise him,

Scourging » Figurative » Of the oppressions of rulers

1 Kings 12:11

And now, where my father put a grievous yoke upon you, I will make it heavier. For where my father corrected you with scourges, I will chastise you with scorpions."

Scourging » Instances of » Of sosthenes

Acts 18:17

Then took all the Greeks Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the Synagogue, and smote him before the judge's seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul and silas

Acts 16:23

and when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison commanding the jailer to keep them surely.

Scourging » Figurative » Of the evil tongue

Job 5:21

He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear.

Scourging » Foretold by jesus as a persecution of future Christians

Scourging » Of servants could be avenged

Exodus 21:20

"If a man smite his servant or his maid with a staff that they die under his hand, it shall be avenged.

Scourging » Fatal

Job 9:23

And though he slay suddenly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.

Scourging » Prescribed for other offenses

Deuteronomy 25:2

And if the trespasser be worthy of stripes, then let the judge cause to take him down and to beat him before his face according to his trespass, unto a certain number.

Scourging » 40 stripes

Deuteronomy 25:3

Forty stripes he shall give him and not pass: lest if he should exceed and beat him above that with many stripes, thy brother should appear ungodly before thine eyes.

The Nation » Punishment » Scourging

Acts 22:24

the captain bade him to be brought into the castle: and commanded him to be scourged, and to be examined, that he might know wherefore they cried on him.

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