Bible Verses about “the death penalty”
The Bible contains 7 verses about the death penalty across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
“Thou shalt not kill.”
“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”
“And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.”
“¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.”
“And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.”
“For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.”