'Punished' in the Bible

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

“When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.

However, if the slave can stand up after a day or two, the owner should not be punished because he is his owner’s property.

Then watch: If it goes up the road to its homeland toward Beth-shemesh, it is the Lord who has made this terrible trouble for us. However, if it doesn’t, we will know that it was not His hand that punished us—it was just something that happened to us by chance.”

Then they said to each other, “We’re not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will catch up with us. Let’s go tell the king’s household.”

After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt—though You, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserve and have allowed us to survive—

Evil brings death to the wicked,and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

The Lord redeems the life of His servants,and all who take refuge in Him will not be punished.

For I am afflicted all day longand punished every morning.

Lord our God, You answered them.You were a forgiving God to them,an avenger of their sinful actions.

When a mocker is punished,the inexperienced become wiser;when one teaches a wise man,he acquires knowledge.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

They will be gathered togetherlike prisoners in a pit.They will be confined to a dungeon;after many days they will be punished.

We all went astray like sheep;we all have turned to our own way;and the Lord has punished Himfor the iniquity of us all.

For this is what the Lord of Hosts says:Cut down the trees;raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem.This city must be punished.There is nothing but oppression within her.

I will punish those living in the land of Egypt just as I punished Jerusalem by sword, famine, and plague.

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to punish the king of Babylon and his land just as I punished the king of Assyria.

But Ephraim says:“How rich I have become;I made it all myself.In all my earnings,no one can find any crime in methat I can be punished for!”

Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. Those who sell them say: Praise the Lord because I have become rich! Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to bring those who were prisoners there to be punished in Jerusalem.