Punishment
144 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
44 sections
- According to Deeds
- According to Deeds: The Parable of the Farmers
- According to Deeds: The Parable of the Talents
- According to Deeds: The Parable of the Vineyard
- Death Penalty for Adultery
- Death Penalty for Bestiality
- Death Penalty for Blasphemy
- Death Penalty for Desecrating the Sabbath Day
- Death Penalty for Disobedience to Parents
- Death Penalty for Incest
- Death Penalty for Kidnapping
- Death Penalty for Murder
- Death Penalty for offering Human Sacrifice
- Death Penalty for Perjury
- Death Penalty for Prophesying Falsely, or Propagating False Doctrines
- Death Penalty for Refusing to Abide by the Decision of the Court
- Death Penalty for Sacrificing to False Gods
- Death Penalty for Sedition
- Death Penalty for Sexual Immorality
- Death Penalty for Sodomy
- Death Penalty for Stealing
- Death Penalty for Striking or Cursing One's Father or Mother
- Death Penalty for the Promiscuousness of a Priest's Daughter
- Death Penalty for the Rape of a Betrothed (Engaged) Virgin
- Death Penalty for Treason
- Death Penalty for Witchcraft
- Death Penalty: Beheading
- Death Penalty: Burning
- Death Penalty: Crucifixion
- Death Penalty: Executed by the Accusing Witnesses
- Death Penalty: Executed by the Entire Congregation
- Death Penalty: Hanging
- Death Penalty: Not Inflicted by the Testimony of Less than Two Witnesses
- Death Penalty: Stoning
- Death Penalty: The Sword
- Death Penalty: Will not be Commuted
- Delayed
- Design of To Secure Obedience
- Divine: No Escape From
- Entailed: Upon Children
- Eternal
- Minor offenses: Confinement Within Limits
- Minor offenses: Imprisonment
- Minor offenses: Scourging
According to Deeds
- Job 34:11 For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
- Psalm 62:12 and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
- Proverbs 12:14 By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.
- Proverbs 24:12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
- Isaiah 59:18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
- Jeremiah 17:10 I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Ezekiel 7:3 The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 7:27 The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will …
- Ezekiel 16:59 For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
- Ezekiel 39:24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.
- Zechariah 1:6 But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
- Matthew 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
- Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Matthew 23:14
- Luke 12:47–48 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. …
- Luke 20:47 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
According to Deeds: The Parable of the Farmers
- Matthew 21:33–41 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. …
According to Deeds: The Parable of the Talents
- Matthew 25:14–30 For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions. …
According to Deeds: The Parable of the Vineyard
- Isaiah 5:1–7 I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. …
Death Penalty for Adultery
- Leviticus 20:10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife— with the wife of his neighbor— both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 22:24 you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death— the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Death Penalty for Bestiality
- Exodus 22:19 Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 20:15–16 If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal. …
Death Penalty for Blasphemy
- Leviticus 24:11–14 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) …
- Leviticus 24:16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:23 Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Death Penalty for Desecrating the Sabbath Day
- Exodus 35:2 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
- Numbers 15:32–36 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. …
Death Penalty for Disobedience to Parents
- Deuteronomy 21:18–21 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, …
Death Penalty for Incest
- Leviticus 20:11–12 If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. …
- Leviticus 20:14 If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
Death Penalty for Kidnapping
- Exodus 21:16 Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
- Deuteronomy 24:7 If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Death Penalty for Murder
- Genesis 9:5–6 And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: …
- Numbers 35:16–21 If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. …
- Numbers 35:30–33 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. …
- Deuteronomy 17:6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
Death Penalty for offering Human Sacrifice
- Leviticus 20:2–5 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him. …
Death Penalty for Perjury
- Zechariah 5:4 I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
Death Penalty for Prophesying Falsely, or Propagating False Doctrines
- Deuteronomy 13:1–10 If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, …
Death Penalty for Refusing to Abide by the Decision of the Court
- Deuteronomy 17:12 But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Death Penalty for Sacrificing to False Gods
- Exodus 22:20 If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
Death Penalty for Sedition
- Acts 5:36–37 Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. …
Death Penalty for Sexual Immorality
- Deuteronomy 22:21–24 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you. …
Death Penalty for Sodomy
- Leviticus 18:22 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
- Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Death Penalty for Stealing
- Zechariah 5:3–4 Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. …
Death Penalty for Striking or Cursing One's Father or Mother
- Exodus 21:15 Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Exodus 21:17 Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 20:9 If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Death Penalty for the Promiscuousness of a Priest's Daughter
- Leviticus 21:9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
Death Penalty for the Rape of a Betrothed (Engaged) Virgin
- Deuteronomy 22:25 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
Death Penalty for Treason
- 1 Kings 2:25 So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.
- Esther 2:23 After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
Death Penalty for Witchcraft
- Exodus 22:18 You must not allow a sorceress to live.
Death Penalty: Beheading
- Matthew 14:10 and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.
- Mark 6:16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”
- Mark 6:27–28 So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison. …
Death Penalty: Burning
- Genesis 38:24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- Leviticus 20:14 If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Leviticus 21:9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
- Jeremiah 29:22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
- Ezekiel 23:25 And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be …
- Daniel 3:19–23 At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual, …
Death Penalty: Crucifixion
- Matthew 27:35 When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.
- Matthew 27:38 Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right and the other on His left.
- Mark 15:24 And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.
- Mark 15:27 Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
- Luke 23:33 When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.
Death Penalty: Executed by the Accusing Witnesses
- Deuteronomy 13:9 Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
- Deuteronomy 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Acts 7:58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Death Penalty: Executed by the Entire Congregation
- Numbers 15:35–36 And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.” …
- Deuteronomy 13:9 Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
Death Penalty: Hanging
- Genesis 40:22 But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
- Deuteronomy 21:22–23 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree, …
- Joshua 8:29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which …
Death Penalty: Not Inflicted by the Testimony of Less than Two Witnesses
- Numbers 35:30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
- Deuteronomy 17:6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
- Deuteronomy 19:15 A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Death Penalty: Stoning
- Leviticus 20:2 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
- Leviticus 20:27 A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”
- Leviticus 24:14 “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
- Numbers 14:10 But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 15:33–36 Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation, …
- Deuteronomy 13:10 Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 17:5 you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
- Deuteronomy 22:21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 22:24 you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death— the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Joshua 7:25 “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
- 1 Kings 21:10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- Ezekiel 16:40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
Death Penalty: The Sword
- Exodus 32:27–28 He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’” …
- 1 Kings 2:25 So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.
- 1 Kings 2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
- 1 Kings 2:46 Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
- Acts 12:2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
Death Penalty: Will not be Commuted
- Numbers 35:31 You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
Delayed
- Psalm 50:21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Psalm 55:19 God will hear and humiliate them — the One enthroned for the ages — Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
- Proverbs 1:24–30 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, …
- Ecclesiastes 8:11–13 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil. …
- Habakkuk 1:2–4 How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save? …
Design of To Secure Obedience
- Genesis 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
- Exodus 20:3–5 You shall have no other gods before Me. …
- Leviticus 26:14–39 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, …
- Deuteronomy 13:10–11 Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. …
- Deuteronomy 17:13 Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.
- Deuteronomy 19:20 Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
- Deuteronomy 21:21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- Proverbs 19:25 Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- Proverbs 21:11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
- Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Divine: No Escape From
- Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- Proverbs 1:24–31 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, …
- Proverbs 11:21 Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
- Proverbs 16:5 Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 29:1 A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Jeremiah 11:11 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
- Jeremiah 15:1 Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
- Jeremiah 25:28–29 If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it! …
- Ezekiel 7:19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, …
- Amos 2:14–16 Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life. …
- Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
- Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Matthew 23:33 You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
- Romans 2:3 So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
- Colossians 3:25 Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
- Hebrews 2:3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
- Hebrews 12:25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
Entailed: Upon Children
- Exodus 34:7 maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren …
- Jeremiah 31:29 “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
- Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
- Ezekiel 18:2–3 “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’? …
Eternal
- Isaiah 34:8–10 For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. …
- Daniel 12:2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Matthew 18:8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
- Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Matthew 25:46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Mark 3:29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
- Luke 3:17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- John 5:29 and come out — those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
- Hebrews 6:2 instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
- Hebrews 10:28–31 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. …
- Revelation 14:10–11 he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. …
- Revelation 19:3 And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
- Revelation 20:10 And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Minor offenses: Confinement Within Limits
- 1 Kings 2:26 Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you …
- 1 Kings 2:36–38 Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else. …
Minor offenses: Imprisonment
- Genesis 39:20 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
- Genesis 40:1 Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
Minor offenses: Scourging
- Leviticus 19:20 If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
- Deuteronomy 22:18 Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
- Deuteronomy 25:2–3 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants. …
- Proverbs 17:10 A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
- Proverbs 19:29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- Proverbs 20:30 Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
- Matthew 27:26 So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
- Mark 15:15 And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
- Luke 23:16 Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”
- John 19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
- Acts 22:24 the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
- Acts 22:29 At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
Related topics
The Punishment of the WickedThe Punishment of the Wicked is the Reward of Their SinsThe Punishment of the Wicked in This Life by FamineThe Punishment of the Wicked is the Fruit of Their SinThe Punishment of the Wicked in This Life by WarThe Punishment of the Wicked in This Life by Fear
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.