Punishment Death penalty:
- Shall not be remitted
Numbers 35:31
- In the Mosaic law the death penalty was inflicted for:
b Murder
Genesis 9:6; Numbers 35:21; Numbers 35:33; Deuteronomy 17:6
b Adultery
Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:24
b Incest
Leviticus 20:12; Leviticus 20:14
b Bestiality
Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:16
b Sodomy
Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13
b Incontinence
Deuteronomy 22:24
b Rape of a betrothed virgin
Deuteronomy 22:25
b Perjury
Zechariah 5:4
b Kidnapping
Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7
b Upon a priest's daughter, who committed fornication
Leviticus 21:9
b Witchcraft
Exodus 22:18
b Offering human sacrifice
Leviticus 20:5
b Striking or cursing father or mother
Exodus 21:15; Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
b Disobedience to parents
Deuteronomy 21:21
b Theft
Zechariah 5:4
b Blasphemy
Leviticus 24:14; Leviticus 24:16; Leviticus 24:23
b Sabbath desecration
Exodus 35:2; Numbers 15:36
b Prophesying falsely, or propagating false doctrines
Deuteronomy 13:10
b Sacrificing to false gods
Exodus 22:20
b Refusing to abide by the decision of court
Deuteronomy 17:12
b Treason
1 Kings 2:25; Esther 2:23
b Sedition
Acts 5:37
- Modes of execution of death penalty:
b Burning
Genesis 38:24; Leviticus 20:14; Leviticus 21:9; Jeremiah 29:22; Ezekiel 23:25; Daniel 3:23
b Stoning
Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 20:27; Leviticus 24:14; Numbers 14:10; Numbers 15:36; Deuteronomy 13:10; Deuteronomy 17:5; Deuteronomy 22:21; Deuteronomy 22:24; Joshua 7:25; 1 Kings 21:10; Ezekiel 16:40
b Hanging
Genesis 40:22; Deuteronomy 21:23; Joshua 8:29
b Beheading
Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16; Mark 6:28
b Crucifixion
Matthew 27:35; Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:24; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:33
b the sword
Exodus 32:28; 1 Kings 2:25; 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Kings 2:46; Acts 12:2
- Executed by the witnesses
Deuteronomy 13:9; Deuteronomy 17:7; Acts 7:58
- Executed by the congregation
Numbers 15:36; Deuteronomy 13:9
- Not inflicted on testimony of less than two witnesses
Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15
Minor offenses, punishable by:
- Scourging
Leviticus 19:20; Deuteronomy 22:18; Deuteronomy 25:3; Proverbs 17:10; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 20:30; Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:16; John 19:1; Acts 22:24; Acts 22:29
- Imprisonment
Genesis 39:20; Genesis 40
- Confinement within limits
1 Kings 2:26; 1 Kings 2:38
Prison
Entailed:
- On children
Exodus 34:7; Jeremiah 31:29; Lamentations 5:7; Ezekiel 18:3
Affliction, Design of; Chastisement; Fine; Judgments; Retaliation; Wicked, Punishment of
According to deeds:
- General references
Job 34:11; Psalms 62:12; Proverbs 12:14; Proverbs 24:12; Isaiah 59:18; Jeremiah 17:10; Ezekiel 7:3; Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 39:24; Zechariah 1:6; Matthew 5:22; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 23:14; Luke 20:47; Luke 12:48
Parables
- Of the vineyard
Isaiah 5:7
- Of the husbandman
Matthew 21:41
- Of the talents
Matthew 25:30
Judgment, Judgment According to Opportunity and Works
Delayed punishment
Psalms 50:21; Psalms 55:19; Proverbs 1:31; Ecclesiastes 8:13; Habakkuk 1:4
Design of:
- To secure obedience
Genesis 2:17; Exodus 20:5; Leviticus 26:39; Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 21:21; Deuteronomy 17:13; Deuteronomy 19:20; Proverbs 19:25; Proverbs 21:11; Proverbs 26:3
Judgments, Design of
Divine punishment, no escape from
Job 11:20; Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 11:21; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 29:1; Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 25:29; Amos 2:16; Zephaniah 1:18; Ezekiel 7:19; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 23:33; Romans 2:3; Colossians 3:25; Hebrews 2:3; Hebrews 12:25
Eternal:
- General references
Isaiah 34:10; Daniel 12:2; Matthew 3:12; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 18:8; Matthew 25:41; Matthew 25:46; Mark 3:29; Luke 3:17; John 5:29; Hebrews 6:2; Hebrews 10:31; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 19:3; Revelation 20:10
Wicked, Punishment of