256 Bible Verses about The Death Penalty
Want to know what the Bible says about The Death Penalty? Here are 256 Bible verses about The Death Penalty 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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Revelation 11:5 NIV
If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.
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Acts 5:30 NIV
The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead —whom you killed by hanging him on a cross.
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1 Peter 2:24 NIV
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
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Matthew 5:43 NIV
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
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Deuteronomy 21:21 NIV
Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
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Psalm 23:4 NIV
Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
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Leviticus 20:17 NIV
“‘If a man marries his sister , the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.
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John 8:5 NIV
In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”
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Ecclesiastes 9:5 NIV
For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;
they have no further reward,
and even their name is forgotten.
but the dead know nothing;
they have no further reward,
and even their name is forgotten.
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