9 Bible Verses about Scourging

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Job 5:21

You will be protected from the sharp tongue and you will not be afraid when destruction comes.

Acts 22:24

The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into the barracks. He told them to whip him in order to find out why the Jews were screaming like this against him.

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

If the wicked man deserves to be beaten, the judge will then make him lie down and be beaten in his presence. The number of lashes is according to his guilt. He must not beat him more than forty lashes. If he beats more than that your brother will be degraded in your eyes.

Acts 22:25

When they tied him up to be whipped Paul said to the officer standing there, Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman citizen who has not been tried for a crime?

John 19:1-6

Then Pilate took Jesus and whipped him. The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They dressed him in a purple garment. They came to him, and said: Hail, King of the Jews! They struck him with their hands.read more.
Pilate went out again, and said to them: Look, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in him. Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said: Look, the man! When the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried out: Impale him! Impale him! Pilate replied: Take him yourselves, and impale him for he has committed no crime!

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Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging

Proverbs 20:30

It takes a painful experience to cleanse our hearts.

Acts 22:24

The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into the barracks. He told them to whip him in order to find out why the Jews were screaming like this against him.

Acts 22:29

At once the men who were going to question Paul drew back from him. The commander was frightened when he found out that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had put him in chains.

Punishments » Scourging

Acts 22:24

The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into the barracks. He told them to whip him in order to find out why the Jews were screaming like this against him.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

If the wicked man deserves to be beaten, the judge will then make him lie down and be beaten in his presence. The number of lashes is according to his guilt. He must not beat him more than forty lashes. If he beats more than that your brother will be degraded in your eyes.

Scourging » Instances of » Of jesus

Matthew 20:19

They will turn him over to the heathen to be made sport of and to be whipped. He will be put to death on the stake. The third day he will come back from the dead.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul

Acts 21:32

At once he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the military commander and the soldiers they quit beating Paul.

Acts 22:24

The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into the barracks. He told them to whip him in order to find out why the Jews were screaming like this 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, I suffered shipwreck three times, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.

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

Leviticus 19:20

If a man has sexual intercourse with a female slave who is engaged to another man and if her freedom was never bought or given to her, they should not be put to death. He will only pay a fine because she is a slave.

Deuteronomy 22:18

The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him,

Scourging » Figurative » Of the oppressions of rulers

1 Kings 12:11

If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder! My father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.'

Scourging » Instances of » Of sosthenes

Acts 18:17

They all grabbed Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the court. Gallio did not care about this.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul and silas

Acts 16:23

After they were severely beaten, they threw them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safe.

Scourging » Figurative » Of the evil tongue

Job 5:21

You will be protected from the sharp tongue and you will not be afraid when destruction comes.

Scourging » Foretold by jesus as a persecution of future Christians

Scourging » Of servants could be avenged

Exodus 21:20

If a slave owner takes a stick and beats his slave, whether male or female, and the slave dies on the spot, the owner is to be punished.

Scourging » Fatal

Job 9:23

If the scourge slays suddenly, God laughs at the plight of the innocent.

Scourging » Prescribed for other offenses

Deuteronomy 25:2

If the wicked man deserves to be beaten, the judge will then make him lie down and be beaten in his presence. The number of lashes is according to his guilt.

Scourging » 40 stripes

Deuteronomy 25:3

He must not beat him more than forty lashes. If he beats more than that your brother will be degraded in your eyes.

The Nation » Punishment » Scourging

Acts 22:24

The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into the barracks. He told them to whip him in order to find out why the Jews were screaming like this against him.

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