Bible Verses About Punishment
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Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Scripture Passages
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.
Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
For which thingsβ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
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