Bible verses about Punishments
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Antiquity of
Genesis 4:13,14- Power of inflicting, given to magistrates
Job 31:11; Romans 13:4- Designed to be a warning to others
Deuteronomy 13:11; 17:13; 19:20- WERE INFLICTED
- On the guilty
Deuteronomy 24:16; Proverbs 17:26
- Without pity
Deuteronomy 19:13,21
- Without partiality
Deuteronomy 13:6-8
- By order of magistrates
Acts 16:22
- By order of kings
II Samuel 1:13-16; I Kings 2:23-46
- Immediately after sentence was passed
Deuteronomy 25:2; Joshua 7:25
- By the witnesses
Deuteronomy 13:9; 17:7; John 8:7; Acts 7:58,59
- By the people
Numbers 15:35,36; Deuteronomy 13:9
- By soldiers
II Samuel 1:15; Matthew 27:27-35- Sometimes deferred until God was consulted
Numbers 15:34- Sometimes deferred for a considerable time
I Kings 2:5,6,8,9- SECONDARY KINDS OF
- Imprisonment
Ezra 7:26; Matthew 5:25
- Confinement in a dungeon
Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11
- Confinement in stocks
Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 16:24
- Fine, or giving of money
Exodus 21:22; Deuteronomy 22:19
- Restitution
Exodus 21:36; 22:1-4; Leviticus 6:4,5; 24:18
- Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done
Exodus 21:24; Deuteronomy 19:21
- Binding with chains and fetters
Psalms 105:18
- Scourging
Deuteronomy 25:2,3; Matthew 27:26; Acts 22:25; II Corinthians 11:24
- Selling the criminal
Matthew 18:25
- Banishment
Ezra 7:26; Revelation 1:9
- Torturing
Matthew 18:34; Hebrews 11:37
- Putting out the eyes
Judges 16:21; I Samuel 11:2
- Cutting off hands and feet
II Samuel 4:12
- Mutilating the hands and feet
Judges 1:5-7
- Cutting off nose and ears
Ezekiel 23:25
- Plucking out the hair
Nehemiah 13:25; Isaiah 50:6
- Confiscating the property
Ezra 7:26- Inflicting of capital, not permitted to the Jews by the Romans
John 18:31- CAPITAL KINDS OF
- Burning
Genesis 38:24; Leviticus 20:14; Daniel 3:6
- Hanging
Numbers 25:4; Deuteronomy 21:22,23; Joshua 8:29; II Samuel 21:12; Esther 7:9,10
- Crucifying
Matthew 20:19; 27:35
- Beheading
Genesis 40:19; Mark 6:16,27
- Slaying with the sword
I Samuel 15:33; Acts 12:2
- Stoning
Leviticus 24:14; Deuteronomy 13:10; Acts 7:59
- Cutting in pieces
Daniel 2:5; Matthew 24:51
- Sawing asunder
Hebrews 11:37
- Exposing to wild beasts
Daniel 6:16,24; I Corinthians 15:32
- Bruising in mortars
Proverbs 27:22
- Casting headlong from a rock
II Chronicles 25:12
- Casting into the sea
Matthew 18:6- Strangers not exempted from
Leviticus 20:2- Were sometimes commuted
Exodus 21:29,30- For murder not to be commuted
Numbers 35:31,32