'Punishment' in the Bible

Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.

Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared." The king of Israel said to him, "Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony."

Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.

While Elisha was still talking with them, the messenger came down to him [followed by the king] and the king said, “This evil [situation] is from the Lord! Why should I wait for [help from] the Lord any longer?”

And they say one unto another, 'We are not doing right this day; a day of tidings it is, and we are keeping silent; and -- we have waited till the light of the morning, then hath punishment found us; and now, come and we go in and declare to the house of the king.'

And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame; for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.

For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.

And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.

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.

But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.

"If evil comes upon us, such as war as punishment, disease, or famine and we stand in your presence in this Temple (because your Name is in this Temple) and cry out to you in our distress, then you will hear and deliver.'

While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab's family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.

Though the army of Aram came with few men, Yahweh gave a very large army into their hand, for they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. And they inflicted punishment on Joash.

And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him.

And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.

And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;

A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters.

For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.

For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;

If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

then be afraid of the sword,because wrath brings punishment by the sword,so that you may know there is a judgment.

Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

“Why does the Almighty not set seasons for judgment?Why do those who know Him not see His days [for punishment of the wicked]?

This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

For that would be a disgrace;it would be a crime deserving punishment.

this would also be a crime deserving punishment,for I would have denied God above.

Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

Suppose someone says to God,“I have endured my punishment;I will no longer act wickedly.

"So now, if he doesn't inflict punishment in his anger, then he doesn't keep track of your many transgressions.

He causes this to happen for punishment,for His land, or for His faithful love.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.

It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

The Lord rescues his servants; all who take shelter in him escape punishment.

You discipline a man with punishment for sin,consuming like a moth what is precious to him;every man is only a vapor.Selah

But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.

You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.

For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.

From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent

Those who hate the LORD will cringe before him; their punishment will be permanent.

Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

You will only see it with your eyesand witness the punishment of the wicked.

O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

You gave them an answer, O Lord our God; you took away their sin, though you gave them punishment for their wrongdoing.

He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.

Let this [be] the punishment for my accusers from Yahweh, even those who speak evil against my life.

He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] among the nations;He will fill them with corpses,He will crush the chief men over a broad country.

inflicting vengeance on the nationsand punishment on the peoples,

To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.

My son, do not reject or take lightly the discipline of the Lord [learn from your mistakes and the testing that comes from His correction through discipline];Nor despise His rebuke,

So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.

He will not accept any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment];Nor will he be satisfied though you offer him many gifts (bribes).

The wages of the righteous is life,The income of the wicked, punishment.

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

Severe punishment awaits anyone who wanders off the path anyone who despises reproof will die.

Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

Anyone who has understanding is a fountain of life, but foolishness brings punishment to fools.

Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.

Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

They will be destroyed suddenly, and who knows what kind of punishment will come from these two?

The faithful man will prosper with blessings, but whoever is in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.

Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who drag along wickedness with cords of falsehood,And sin as if with cart ropes [towing their own punishment];

For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.

But the heart of the people was not turned to him who sent punishment on them, and they made no prayer to the Lord of armies.

What will you do on the day of punishmentwhen devastation comes from far away?Who will you run to for help?Where will you leave your wealth?

Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!

So when the Lord has completed all His work [of judgment] on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit [the thoughts, the declarations, and the actions] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his pride.”

For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. Destruction has been decreed; just punishment is about to engulf you.

And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.

which sends envoys by the sea, in papyrus boats over the water! Go, swift messengers, to a tall, smooth-skinned nation, to a people feared far and wide, a nation that metes out punishment and oppresses, whose land the rivers divide.

At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies from a tall and smooth-skinned people, from a people feared far and wide, a nation that metes out punishment and oppresses, whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place that bears the name of the LORD.