29 Verses About Punishment from 17 Books

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

1 Samuel 28:10

Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall happen to you for this thing."

2 Corinthians 2:6

Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

2 Kings 7:9

Then they said one to another, "We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household."

2 Peter 2:9

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

Amos 1:3

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;

Amos 1:6

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;



Amos 1:9

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn't remember the brotherly covenant;

Amos 1:11

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;

Amos 1:13

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.

Amos 2:1

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

Amos 2:4

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected the LORD's law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

Amos 2:6

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

Genesis 4:13

Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.



Hebrews 10:29

How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Isaiah 30:32

Every stroke of the rod of punishment, which the LORD will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.

Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

Job 19:29

be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment."

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Jude 1:7

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Lamentations 3:39

Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?



Lamentations 4:22

The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.

Leviticus 26:41

I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;

Leviticus 26:43

The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

Matthew 25:46

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

Psalms 81:15

The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

Psalms 149:7

To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;



Zechariah 14:19

This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that don't go up to keep the feast of tents.





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