Quotes about Punishment
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!”
- Genesis 38:24
Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
- Genesis 42:21
It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
- Exodus 9:9
For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
- Exodus 9:15
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Exodus 20:7
Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
- Exodus 21:12
Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
- Exodus 21:15
Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
- Exodus 21:16
then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
- Exodus 21:19
If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
- Exodus 21:20
However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
- Exodus 21:21
But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
- Exodus 21:23