Bible Verses about “capital punishment”

“for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.”

“Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.”

“Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.”

“Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.”

“Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.”

“For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.”

“For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,”

“Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.”

“Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.”

“For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."”

“Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.”

“"You shall not murder.”

“But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.”

“Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.”

“The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.”

“But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."”

“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”

“She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."”

“Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.”

“Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"”

“They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.”

“Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"”

“They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.”

“The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,”

“they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.”

“I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.”

“"One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,”

“"'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.”

“He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.”

“"'Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.”

“"'Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.”

“fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.”

“For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don't refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"”

“If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:”

“You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as well as the native-born: for I am Yahweh your God.'"”

“He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.”