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Want to know what the Bible says about Punishment? Here are 257 Bible verses about 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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Joshua 8:29 NIV
He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset, Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.
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Matthew 14:10 NIV
and had John beheaded in the prison.
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Mark 6:16 NIV
But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”
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Mark 6:27-28 NIV
27 So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, 28 and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.
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Matthew 27:35 NIV
When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
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Matthew 27:38 NIV
Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
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Mark 15:24 NIV
And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
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Luke 23:33 NIV
When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.
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Exodus 32:27-28 NIV
27 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’” 28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.
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Acts 12:2 NIV
He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
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