107 Bible Verses about Capital Punishment
Want to know what the Bible says about Capital Punishment? Here are 107 Bible verses about Capital Punishment from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Genesis 9:6 NIV
“Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.
617
Exodus 21:12 NIV
“Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.
368
Leviticus 24:17 NIV
“‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.
272
Acts 25:11 NIV
If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
216
Genesis 9:5-6 NIV
5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.
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156
Numbers 35:30-31 NIV
30 “‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
31 “‘Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.
154
Leviticus 20:10 NIV
“‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife —with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
147
Exodus 21:16 NIV
“Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.
146
Ecclesiastes 8:11 NIV
When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
137
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