Bible Verses of Punishment

Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord, “for the day I will stand up to testify. I have decided to assemble the nations, to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.

Zephaniah 3:8

“You Cushites, too, will be slain by my sword.”

Zephaniah 2:12

Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland forever. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.”

Zephaniah 2:9

“I will bring such distress on all people that they will grope about like those who are blind, because they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like dung.

Zephaniah 1:17

On that day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold, who fill the temple of their gods with violence and deceit.

Zephaniah 1:9

“On the day of the Lord`s sacrifice I will punish the officials and the king`s sons and all those clad in foreign clothes.

Zephaniah 1:8

“I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:2

This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:19

If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:18

If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.

Zechariah 14:17

A similar plague will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

Zechariah 14:15

This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Zechariah 14:12

“Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered, his right eye totally blinded!”

Zechariah 11:17

It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the Lord.

Zechariah 11:11

Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

Zechariah 11:10

and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another`s flesh.”

Zechariah 11:9

In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them

Zechariah 11:8

So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

Zechariah 11:7

For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the Lord. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”

Zechariah 11:6

Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!` Their own shepherds do not spare them.

Zechariah 11:5

This is what the Lord my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.

Zechariah 11:4

Listen to the wail of the shepherds; their rich pastures are destroyed! Listen to the roar of the lions; the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!

Zechariah 11:3

Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen; the stately trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan; the dense forest has been cut down!

Zechariah 11:2

Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars!

Zechariah 11:1

“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the Lord Almighty will care for his flock, the people of Judah, and make them like a proud horse in battle.

Zechariah 10:3

I will take the blood from their mouths, the forbidden food from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God and become a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

Zechariah 9:7

A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod, and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.

Zechariah 9:6

Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, and Ekron too, for her hope will wither. Gaza will lose her king and Ashkelon will be deserted.

Zechariah 9:5

But the Lord will take away her possessions and destroy her power on the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

Zechariah 9:4

The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.`”

Zechariah 5:4

The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

Revelation 9:19

A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths.

Revelation 9:18

The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.

Revelation 9:17

The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.

Revelation 9:16

And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

Revelation 9:15

It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

Revelation 9:14

The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.

Revelation 9:13

The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.

Revelation 9:12

They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

Revelation 9:11

They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.

Revelation 9:10

They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

Revelation 9:9

Their hair was like women`s hair, and their teeth were like lions` teeth.

Revelation 9:8

The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.

Revelation 9:7

They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes.

Revelation 9:5

to carry out the sentence written against them— this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the Lord.

Psalms 149:9

to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron,

Psalms 149:8

to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

Psalms 149:7

The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

Psalms 145:20

Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.

Psalms 141:6

May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.

Psalms 140:11

May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

Psalms 140:10

Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.

Psalms 140:9

Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord; do not let their plans succeed.

Psalms 140:8

I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.

Psalms 139:22

Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?

Psalms 139:21

They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.

Psalms 139:20

If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!

Psalms 139:19

May those who pass by not say to them, “The blessing of the Lord be on you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.”

Psalms 129:8

a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.

Psalms 129:7

May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;

Psalms 129:6

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

Psalms 129:5

He will punish you with a warrior`s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.

Psalms 120:4

What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?

Psalms 120:3

You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing.

Psalms 119:118

How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?

Psalms 119:84

he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

Psalms 107:40

Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;

Psalms 107:39

and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

Psalms 107:34

Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.

Psalms 106:42

He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them.

Psalms 106:41

Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.

Psalms 106:40

they aroused the Lord`s anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

Psalms 106:29

make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

Psalms 106:27

So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

Psalms 106:26

Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.

Psalms 106:18

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.

Psalms 106:17

Lord our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.

Psalms 99:8

He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalms 94:23

Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches mankind lack knowledge?

Psalms 94:10

How long, Lord, will the wicked, how long will the wicked be jubilant?

Psalms 94:3

Rise up, Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.

Psalms 94:2

The Lord is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.

Psalms 94:1

You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

Psalms 91:8

I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;

Psalms 89:32

Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

Psalms 81:15

Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.

Psalms 79:12

He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.

Psalms 78:45

In the hand of the Lord is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.

Psalms 75:8

They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.

Psalms 73:20

How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

Psalms 73:19

Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.

Psalms 73:18

May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Psalms 71:13

May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

Psalms 69:28

Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.

Psalms 69:27

For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

Psalms 69:26

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

Psalms 69:25

Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.

Psalms 69:24

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Psalms 69:23

May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.

Psalms 69:22

that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”

Psalms 68:23