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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Romans 6:9 NIV
For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.
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John 5:28-29 NIV
28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.
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Luke 23:22 NIV
For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”
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Matthew 5:38 NIV
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’
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Revelation 20:14 NIV
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
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Matthew 26:52 NIV
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
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Revelation 1:1 NIV
The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
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Galatians 3:10 NIV
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
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1 Chronicles 13:10 NIV
The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
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