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punishment

Meaning of “punishment”

A penalty, suffering, loss, or correction imposed for an offense or fault.

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27 occurrences23 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:13

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Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 4:13 · retained source text

And Cain said vnto the LORD, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.

1611 marginal noteOr, my iniquitie is greater, then that it may be forgiuen.

Leviticus 26:41
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:41 · retained source text

And that I also haue walked contrary vnto them, and haue brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their vncircumcised hearts bee humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquitie:

Leviticus 26:43
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:43 · retained source text

The land also shalbe left of them, and shall enioy her Sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquitie: because, euen because they despised my Iudgements, and because their soule abhorred my Statutes

1 Samuel 28:10
And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 28:10 · retained source text

And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liueth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

Job 31:3
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:3 · retained source text

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?

Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 19:19 · retained source text

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliuer him, yet thou must doe it againe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. add.

Lamentations 3:39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:39 · retained source text

Wherefore doeth a liuing man complaine, a man for the punishment of his sinnes?

1611 marginal noteOr, murmure.

Lamentations 4:6
For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:6 · retained source text

For the punishment of the iniquitie of the daughter of my people, is greater then the punishment of the sinne of Sodom, that was ouerthrowen as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

1611 marginal noteOr, iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteGen.19.25.

Lamentations 4:22
¶ The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:22 · retained source text

¶ The punishment of thine iniquitie is accomplished, O daughter of Zion, he will no more carie thee away into captiuitie: hee will visit thine iniquitie, O daughter of Edom, hee will discouer thy sinnes.

1611 marginal noteOr, thine iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteOr, carie thee captiue for thy sinnes

Ezekiel 14:10
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 14:10 · retained source text

And they shall beare the punishment of their iniquitie: the punishment of the prophet shall bee euen as the punishment of him that seeketh vnto him:

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