Bible Dictionary: Punish

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.

2. (v. t.) To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.

3. (v. t.) To injure, as by beating; to pommel.

Greek

5097. timoreo -- to punish, avenge
... to punish, avenge. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: timoreo Phonetic Spelling:
(tim-o-reh'-o) Short Definition: I punish Definition: I punish, avenge ...
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2849. kolazo -- to chastise
... to chastise. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kolazo Phonetic Spelling:
(kol-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I chastise, punish Definition: I chastise, curtail ...
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2210. zemioo -- to damage, suffer loss
... damage, suffer loss. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: zemioo Phonetic Spelling:
(dzay-mee-o'-o) Short Definition: I inflict loss upon, punish Definition: I ...
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5237. hupereidon -- to overlook
... overlook, not punish, wink at. From huper and eido; to overlook, ie Not punish --
wink at. see GREEK huper. see GREEK eido. (uperidon) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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1556. ekdikeo -- to vindicate, to avenge
... from ekdikos Definition to vindicate, to avenge NASB Word Usage avenged (1), avenging
(1), give...legal protection (2), legal protection (2), punish (1), take ...
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3952. parousia -- a presence, a coming
... From the present participle of pareimi; a being near, ie Advent (often, return;
specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by ...
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3415. mnaomai -- be mindful, remember
... base of massaomai (through the idea of fixture in the mind or of mental grasp);
to bear in mind, ie Recollect; by implication, to reward or punish -- be mindful ...
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5344. Phelix -- "fortunate," Felix, a governor of Judea
... For example, he methodically hunted down the leaders of the Zealots to severely
punish them, as well as any Jewish group he considered "seditious" (Ac 21:38). ...
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1375. diogmos -- persecution
... 1377 , "follow, pursue") -- properly, pursuit (chase); -- literally, "the to bring
someone down like an animal," trying to suppress (punish) their convictions. ...
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1827. exelegcho -- convince.
... Word Origin variant reading for elegcho, qv. convince. From ek and elegcho; to convict
fully, ie (by implication) to punish -- convince. see GREEK ek. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3256. yasar -- to discipline, chasten, admonish
... 4), disciplined (4), disciplined me severely (1), disciplines (1), disciplining
(1), gave instruction (1), instructed (2), instructs (2), punish (2), take ...
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5358. naqam -- to avenge, take vengeance
... avenger, self, punish, revenge self, surely, take vengeance. A primitive root;
to grudge, ie Avenge or punish -- avenge(-r, self), punish ...
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6485. paqad -- to attend to, visit, muster, appoint
... 2), missed (3), misses me at all (1), missing (5), mustered (6), mustering (1),
number (13), numbered (99), officers (2), oversight (3), punish (46), punished ...
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2820. chasak -- to withhold, refrain
... 1), withheld (3), withholds (2). assuage, darken, forbear, hinder, hold back,
keep back, punish, refrain,. A primitive root; to restrain ...
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6064. anash -- to fine, mulct
... amerce, condemn, punish, surely. A primitive root; properly, to urge; by
implication, to inflict a penalty, specifically, to fine ...
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7489. ra'a' -- to be evil, bad
... do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for ra'ah), do harm,
(do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex ...
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5221. nakah -- to smite
... severely, literally or figuratively) -- beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X
go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay ...
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6213a. asah -- do, make
... prepare (26), prepared (19), preparing (2), present (5), presented (1), produce
(4), produced (5), provide (13), provided (2), provides (1), punish (1), put (1 ...
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5060. naga -- to touch, reach, strike
... upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach
(figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy ...
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8199. shaphat -- to judge, govern
... A primitive root; to judge, ie Pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication,
to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate ...
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Library

To Punish and to Forgive Sins Belong Equally to God.
... Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manichæans. Chapter 31. "To
Punish and to Forgive Sins Belong Equally to God. Likewise ...
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In the Attribute of Justice, Marcion's God is Hopelessly Weak and ...
... Chapter XXVI."In the Attribute of Justice, Marcion's God is Hopelessly Weak and
Ungodlike He Dislikes Evil, But Does Not Punish Its Perpetration. ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter xxvi in the attribute of.htm

The Son Himself Does not Judge or Punish Without the Spirit...
... Book III. Chapter VII. The Son Himself does not judge or punish without the
Spirit� The Son Himself does not judge or punish without ...
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That it is the Prerogative of the Same Power to be Beneficent and ...
... The Instructor: Book I Chapter IX."That It is the Prerogative of the Same Power
to Be Beneficent and to Punish Justly Also the Manner of the Instruction of ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ix that it is the.htm

This World is Ruled by the Providence of one God, who is Both ...
... Against Heresies: Book III Chapter XXV."This world is ruled by the providence of
one God, who is both endowed with infinite justice to punish the wicked, and ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxv this world is ruled.htm

The Wrath of Love
... The Gods, or God, punished sin; inflicting so much pain for so much sin, very much
as the heathens are apt to punish their criminals still, and as Christian ...
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Retribution
... God has no need to go out of His way to punish our evil deeds. Let them alone,
and they will punish themselves. Is it not so in every thing? ...
/.../kingsley/twenty-five village sermons/sermon vii retribution.htm

Blessing and Cursing
... The first threat he may get rid of, by denying the fact; by saying that God does
not generally interfere to punish bad men in this life; that he does not ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xi blessing and cursing.htm

Preface.
... thought. And these are,"That either God will not, or can not, punish. ... former.
God certainly can punish as long as wicked men exist. ...
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Parental Duty.
... any good rule. Should your child happen to break one of these rules, do
not punish without first finding out the cause. He may not ...
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Thesaurus

Punish (84 Occurrences)
... for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment;
to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with ...
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Punished (47 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Punish. Multi-Version Concordance
Punished (47 Occurrences). Mark 12:40 those who devour ...
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Requite (42 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to reward;
in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish. ...
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Vindicate (18 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To liberate; to set free; to deliver. 6. (vt) To avenge; to punish; as,
a war to vindicate or punish infidelity. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Inquire (95 Occurrences)
... In Job 10:6, "to inquire (baqash) after iniquity" signifies to bring to light and
punish for it, and Job asks distractedly if God's time is so short that He is ...
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Chastise (21 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To punish or criticize severely; to inflict pain upon, by means of stripes,
or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to ...
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Amerce (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law,
but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the ...
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Haughtiness (11 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed
His whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the ...
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Visit (97 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their
iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay ...
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Nevertheless (153 Occurrences)
... Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I
will punish them for their sin." (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Punish (84 Occurrences)

Matthew 24:51 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
(See RSV)

Luke 12:46 that servant's Master will come on a day when he is not expecting Him and at an hour that he knows not of, and will punish him severely, and make him share the lot of the unfaithful.
(WEY RSV)

Luke 23:16 I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."
(Root in WEY BBE NAS NIV)

Luke 23:22 A third time he appealed to them: "Why, what crime has the man committed? I have discovered in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."
(Root in WEY BBE NAS NIV)

Acts 4:21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 7:12 Therefore, though I wrote to you, it was not to punish the offender, nor to secure justice for him who had suffered the wrong, but it was chiefly in order that your earnest feeling on our behalf might become manifest to yourselves in the sight of God.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 10:6 while we hold ourselves in readiness to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as ever you as a Church have fully shown your obedience.
(WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 4:6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
(See NIV)

1 Peter 2:14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
(Root in KJV WEY BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 32:34 Now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin."
(WEB BBE NAS NIV)

Leviticus 26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
(KJV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Leviticus 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
(KJV BBE WBS)

Leviticus 26:28 Then my wrath will be burning against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for your sins.
(Root in BBE NAS NIV)

Numbers 12:11 Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, please don't count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 22:18 Then the responsible men of the town are to give the man his punishment;
(Root in BBE NIV)

Judges 20:10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.
(Root in BBE NAS)

1 Samuel 3:13 And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them.
(Root in BBE RSV)

1 Samuel 15:2 The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting against him on the way when Israel came out of Egypt.
(Root in BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 7:14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;
(Root in BBE NIV)

Job 35:15 And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?
(Root in JPS RSV NIV)

Job 37:13 Whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.
(See NIV)

Psalms 59:5 You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 89:32 then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 94:10 He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 119:84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
(See NIV)

Proverbs 17:26 Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NIV)

Proverbs 23:13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 23:14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 10:12 Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the haughtiness of the terrible.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 24:21 It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 26:21 For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 27:1 In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 64:12 []
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 2:19 The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
(Root in BBE NIV)

Jeremiah 5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
(See JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
(See JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
(See JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 8:12 Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: in the time of their punishment they will be made low, says the Lord.
(Root in BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
(See JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 9:25 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in their uncircumcision:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 11:22 therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 13:21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
(KJV WBS)

Jeremiah 14:10 Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
(See JPS BBE RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 21:14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 23:34 As for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, The burden of Yahweh, I will even punish that man and his house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 25:12 It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says Yahweh, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 27:8 It shall happen, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says Yahweh, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 29:32 therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 30:20 Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 36:31 I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they didn't listen.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 44:13 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 44:29 This shall be the sign to you, says Yahweh, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 46:25 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I shall visit him.
(See JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 50:18 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou proud one, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts; for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
(See JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:47 For this cause, truly, the days are coming when I will send punishment on the images of Babylon, and all her land will be shamed, and her dead will be falling down in her.
(Root in BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:52 For this reason, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on her images; and through all her land the wounded will be crying out in pain.
(Root in BBE DBY NAS NIV)

Lamentations 4:22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 7:3 Now the end has come on you, and I will send my wrath on you, judging you for your ways, I will send punishment on you for all your disgusting acts.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Ezekiel 7:4 My eye will not have mercy on you, and I will have no pity: but I will send the punishment of your ways on you, and your disgusting works will be among you: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Ezekiel 7:8 Now, in a little time, I will let loose my passion on you, and give full effect to my wrath against you, judging you for your ways, and sending punishment on you for all your disgusting works.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Ezekiel 7:9 My eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity: I will send on you the punishment of your ways, and your disgusting works will be among you; and you will see that I am the Lord who gives punishment.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Ezekiel 7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 23:24 They shall come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against you with buckler and shield and helmet all around; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 25:17 And I will take great payment from them with acts of wrath; and they will be certain that I am the Lord when I send my punishment on them.
(Root in BBE NIV)

Hosea 1:4 And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
(Root in BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 2:13 And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord.
(Root in BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 4:9 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 8:13 As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; But Yahweh doesn't accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish them for their sins.
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 10:10 I will come and give them punishment; and the peoples will come together against them when I give them the reward of their two sins.
(Root in BBE NIV)

Hosea 12:2 Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 3:2 "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."
(WEB KJV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 3:14 For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
(See JPS BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Habakkuk 1:12 Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
(WEB BBE NIV)

Zephaniah 1:8 It will happen in the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king's sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Zephaniah 1:9 In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Zephaniah 1:12 It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Zephaniah 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
(Root in KJV DBY WBS NIV)

Zechariah 8:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
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Zechariah 10:3 My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats; For Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.
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Punish

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