30 Bible Verses about Torture

And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He also killed all the rulers of Judah in Riblah. And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah. And the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

and thou shall grope at noonday, as the blind man gropes in darkness. And thou shall not prosper in thy ways. And thou shall only be oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save thee. Thou shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lay with her. Thou shall build a house, and thou shall not dwell in it. Thou shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it. Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shall not eat of it. Thy donkey shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee. Thy sheep shall be given to thine enemies, and thou shall haread more.
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given to another people. And thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day, and there shall be nothing in the power of thy hand. The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation eat up which thou know not. And thou shall only be oppressed and crushed always, so that thou shall be mad because of the sight of thine eyes which thou shall see. LORD will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which thou cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot to the crown of thy head.

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass, and he did grinding in the prison-house.

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

For there those who led us captive required of us songs, and those who wasted us, mirth, [saying], Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.

Everyone who is found shall be thrust through, and everyone who is taken shall fall by the sword. Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished. Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.read more.
And [their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces. And they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

And I will put it into the hand of those who afflict thee, who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over, and thou have laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to those who go over.

They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah. Rulers were hanged up by their hand. The faces of elders were not honored. The young men bore the mill, and the sons stumbled under the wood.

These uncovered her nakedness. They took her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. And she became a byword among women, for they executed judgments upon her.

And having become angry, his lord delivered him to the tormentors until he would pay all that was due to him.

And the multitude rose up together against them. And the magistrates, having torn off their clothes, commanded to beat them with rods. And having laid many blows upon them, they cast them into prison, having ordered the jailor to guard them securely, who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Women took hold of their dead from a resurrection, but others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, so that they might experience a superior resurrection. And others took a trial of mockings and scourgings, and moreover of bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawed apart, they were tempted, they died in murder by sword. They wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, restricted, tormentedread more.
(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

And it was given them that they would not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months. And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

And the men who held Jesus mocked him, while striking him.

Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus into the Praetorium, gathered the whole band to him. And having stripped him, they put a scarlet robe on him. And having woven a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And having knelt down before him, they ridiculed him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!read more.
And having spat upon him, they took the reed and were striking him on his head. And after they ridiculed him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away in order to crucify.

And the soldiers led him away inside the courtyard, which is the Praetorium, and they call together the whole band. And they put purple clothing on him, and clothe him with a woven crown of thorns, and began to salute him, Hail, king of the Jews!read more.
And they struck his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshiped him. And when they had mocked him, they took the purple garment off of him, and dressed him with his own garments. And they lead him out so that they might crucify him.

And the soldiers having woven a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and put around him a purple garment. And they said, Hail, king of the Jews! And they gave him slaps.

where they crucified him, and two others with him, on this side and that, and Jesus in the middle.

And when they crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots.

And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots for them, who would take what.

And when they came to the place called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one at the right hand and the other at the left.

And behold, they cried out, saying, What is with us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? Did thou come here before the time to torment us?

And having cried out in a great voice, he said, What is with me and with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, do not torment me.

And when he saw Jesus, having cried out, he fell down before him. And in a great voice he said, What is with me and with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, do not torment me.

And the devil who leads them astray was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also were the beast and the FALSE prophet. And they will be tormented day and night into the ages of the ages.

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom.

And the smoke of their torment ascends into the ages of ages. And they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and its image, and if any man receives the mark of its name.

In an amount she glorified herself and lived wantonly, give her so much torment and grief, because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will, no, not see grief.