Top 20 Bible Verses About Punishment
Sin is a constant in our lives while we are on this earth. Therefore, we not only have to deal with God’s discipline for our disobedience, but we also have to deal with the natural consequences resulting from sin. Thankfully Jesus’ blood washes our sins away once we truly repent and abandon the sin. There are several instances in the Bible were God issued punishment. Here are the Top 20 Bible Verses About Punishment.
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Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 17:5
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On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
- Isaiah 24:21
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But Saul swore to her by the LORD, “As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”
- 1 Samuel 28:10
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“that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.
- Amos 3:14
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“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;
- Job 34:31
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Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, I have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them.
- Zechariah 11:5
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just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
- Jude 1:7
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be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”
- Job 19:29
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For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough,
- 2 Corinthians 2:6
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When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
- Proverbs 21:11
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Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, declares the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their punishment.
- Ezekiel 44:12
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Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 6:15
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“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh—
- Jeremiah 9:25
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I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
- Isaiah 13:11
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I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment.
- Ezekiel 4:17
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They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
- Jeremiah 51:18
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Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 16:5
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A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 28:20
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There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
- 1 John 4:18
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
- Proverbs 19:5
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