9 Bible Verses about Scourging

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Job 5:21

You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.

Acts 22:24

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves. The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

Acts 22:25

When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby, "Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?"

John 19:1-6

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely. The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe. They came up to him again and again and said, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly in the face.read more.
Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him." So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!" When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said, "You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!"

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Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging

Proverbs 20:30

Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.

Acts 22:24

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

Acts 22:29

Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up.

Punishments » Scourging

Acts 22:24

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves. The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

Scourging » Instances of » Of jesus

Matthew 20:19

and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised."

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul

Acts 21:32

He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Acts 22:24

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25

Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

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

Leviticus 19:20

"'When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.

Deuteronomy 22:18

The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him.

Scourging » Figurative » Of the oppressions of rulers

1 Kings 12:11

My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.'"

Scourging » Instances of » Of sosthenes

Acts 18:17

So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul and silas

Acts 16:23

After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

Scourging » Figurative » Of the evil tongue

Job 5:21

You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.

Scourging » Foretold by jesus as a persecution of future Christians

Scourging » Of servants could be avenged

Exodus 21:20

"If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.

Scourging » Fatal

Job 9:23

If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.

Scourging » Prescribed for other offenses

Deuteronomy 25:2

Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

Scourging » 40 stripes

Deuteronomy 25:3

The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

The Nation » Punishment » Scourging

Acts 22:24

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

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