Topic
Stoning
14 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 13:10Easton · Nave Capital punishment by
And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- Deuteronomy 17:5Easton · Nave Capital punishment by
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
- Deuteronomy 22:21Easton · Nave Capital punishment by
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from…
- Joshua 7:25Easton · Nave Instances of stoning — Achan
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
- Acts 7:59Easton · Nave Instances of stoning — Stephen
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
- Acts 14:19Easton · Nave Instances of stoning — Paul
¶ And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
- 2 Corinthians 11:25Easton · Nave Instances of stoning — Paul
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
- Exodus 19:13Nave Capital punishment by
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
- Leviticus 20:2Easton
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: the people of the land shall stone him with…
- Leviticus 24:14Easton
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
- Numbers 15:36Nave Instances of stoning — Sabbath breaker
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- 1 Kings 21:1–29Easton
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because…
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- 1 Kings 21:13 Nave Instances of stoning — Naboth
- Hebrews 11:37 Nave Capital punishment by
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
A form of punishment (Lev. 20:2; 24:14; Deut. 13:10; 17:5; 22:21) prescribed for certain offences. Of Achan (Josh. 7:25), Naboth (1 Kings 21), Stephen (Acts 7:59), Paul (Acts 14:19; 2 Cor. 11:25).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
ston'-ing. See PUNISHMENTS.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.