Bible Verses About Capital punishment

Here we have collected several Bible verses about Capital punishment from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV).

John 10:32-33

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"Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because…

Acts 7:56-60

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"And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, And…

Joshua 7:24-25

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"And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and…

Exodus 21:22-25

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"If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as…

Numbers 35:16-18

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"And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and…

Daniel 3:19-20

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"Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be…

Leviticus 24:16-18

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"And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the…

Genesis 40:20-22

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"And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. And…

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

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"And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in…

John 19:6-7

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"When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We have…

Luke 6:35-36

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"But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.…

Leviticus 20:2

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"Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death:…

John 5:17-18

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"But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with…

Matthew 26:65-66

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"Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death" - Matthew…

Matthew 5:38-39

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"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to…

Leviticus 20:10

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"And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death" - Leviticus 20:10 KJV

John 8:4-5

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"They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?" - John 8:4-5 KJV

Deuteronomy 17:6

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"At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death" - Deuteronomy 17:6 KJV

Numbers 35:30

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"Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die" - Numbers 35:30 KJV

Deuteronomy 22:23

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"If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;" - Deuteronomy 22:23 KJV

John 8:7

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"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her" - John 8:7 KJV

Leviticus 21:9

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"And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire" - Leviticus 21:9 KJV

Deuteronomy 19:21

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"And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" - Deuteronomy 19:21 KJV

Joshua 8:28

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"And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day" - Joshua 8:28 KJV