DEATH PENALTY
- Will not be commuted
  Numbers 35:31
- In the Mosaic law the death penalty was inflicted
  - For murder
    Genesis 9:5,6; Numbers 35:16-21,30-33; Deuteronomy 17:6
  - For adultery
    Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:24
  - For incest
    Leviticus 20:11,12,14
  - For bestiality
    Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:15,16
  - For sodomy
    Leviticus 18:22; 20:13
  - For sexual immorality
    Deuteronomy 22:21-24
  - For the rape of a betrothed (engaged) virgin
    Deuteronomy 22:25
  - For perjury
    Zechariah 5:4
  - For kidnapping
    Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7
  - For the promiscuousness of a priest's daughter
    Leviticus 21:9
  - For witchcraft
    Exodus 22:18
  - For offering human sacrifice
    Leviticus 20:2-5
  - For striking or cursing one's father or mother
    Exodus 21:15,17; Leviticus 20:9
  - For disobedience to parents
    Deuteronomy 21:18-21
  - For stealing
    Zechariah 5:3,4
  - For blasphemy
    Leviticus 24:11-14,16,23
  - For desecrating the Sabbath day
    Exodus 35:2; Numbers 15:32-36
  - For prophesying falsely, or propagating false doctrines
    Deuteronomy 13:1-10
  - For sacrificing to false gods
    Exodus 22:20
  - For refusing to abide by the decision of the court
    Deuteronomy 17:12
  - For treason
    1 Kings 2:25; Esther 2:23
  - For sedition
    Acts 5:36,37
- MODES OF EXECUTION OF DEATH PENALTY
  - Burning
    Genesis 38:24; Leviticus 20:14; 21:9; Jeremiah 29:22; Ezekiel 23:25; Daniel 3:19-23
  - Stoning
    Leviticus 20:2,27; 24:14; Numbers 14:10; 15:33-36; Deuteronomy 13:10; 17:5; 22:21,24; Joshua 7:25; 1 Kings 21:10; Ezekiel 16:40
  - Hanging
    Genesis 40:22; Deuteronomy 21:22,23; Joshua 8:29
  - Beheading
    Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:16,27,28
  - Crucifixion
    Matthew 27:35,38; Mark 15:24,27; Luke 23:33
  - The sword
    Exodus 32:27,28; 1 Kings 2:25,34,46; Acts 12:2
  - Executed by the accusing witnesses
    Deuteronomy 13:9; 17:7; Acts 7:58
  - Executed by the entire congregation
    Numbers 15:35,36; Deuteronomy 13:9
- Not inflicted by the testimony of less than two witnesses
  Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15
MINOR OFFENSES
- Punishable by
  - Scourging
    Leviticus 19:20; Deuteronomy 22:18; 25:2,3; Proverbs 17:10; 19:29; 20:30; Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:16; John 19:1; Acts 22:24,29
  - Imprisonment
    Genesis 39:20; 40
- See PRISON
- Confinement within limits
  1 Kings 2:26,36-38
ENTAILED
- Upon children
  Exodus 34:7; Jeremiah 31:29; Lamentations 5:7; Ezekiel 18:2,3
- See AFFLICTION, DESIGN OF
- See CHASTISEMENT
- See FINE
- See JUDGMENTS
- See RETALIATION
- See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF
ACCORDING TO DEEDS
Job 34:11; Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 12:14; 24:12; Isaiah 59:18; Jeremiah 17:10; Ezekiel 7:3,27; 16:59; 39:24; Zechariah 1:6; Matthew 5:22; 16:27; 23:14; Luke 12:47,48; 20:47
- See the parable of the vineard
  Isaiah 5:1-7
- See the parable of the farers
  Matthew 21:33-41
- See the parable of the talnts
  Matthew 25:14-30
- See JUDGMENT, ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND WORKS
DELAYED
Psalm 50:21; 55:19; Proverbs 1:24-30; Ecclesiastes 8:11-13; Habakkuk 1:2-4
DESIGN OF
- To secure obedience
  Genesis 2:17; Exodus 20:3-5; Leviticus 26:14-39; Deuteronomy 13:10,11; 17:13; 19:20; 21:21; Proverbs 19:25; 21:11; 26:3
- See JUDGMENTS, DESIGN OF
DIVINE
- No Escape from
  Job 11:20; Proverbs 1:24-31; 11:21; 16:5; 29:1; Jeremiah 11:11; 15:1; 25:28,29; Ezekiel 7:19; Amos 2:14-16; Zephaniah 1:18; Matthew 10:28; 23:33; Romans 2:3; Colossians 3:25; Hebrews 2:3; 12:25
ETERNAL
Isaiah 34:8-10; Daniel 12:2; Matthew 3:12; 10:28; 18:8; 25:41,46; Mark 3:29; Luke 3:17; John 5:29; Hebrews 6:2; 10:28-31; Revelation 14:10,11; 19:3; 20:10
- See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF

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Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Punishment'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ntb/p/punishment.html. 1896.

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