Bible Verses About Stoning to Death
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for stoning to death, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,724 votes, led by Deuteronomy 21:18-21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Stoning to Death
Deuteronomy 21:18-21281 votes
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Leviticus 24:16256 votes
And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
Leviticus 20:13235 votes
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
John 8:3-11228 votes
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
Leviticus 20:27184 votes
A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
Exodus 31:15165 votes
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:2144 votes
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 stones.
Leviticus 20:10140 votes
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 15:32-36134 votes
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 22:23-24118 votes
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
Acts 7:59-60117 votes
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Deuteronomy 22:24110 votes
Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
Acts 7:59110 votes
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Exodus 19:13109 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 13:1098 votes
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 22:13-2198 votes
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
Acts 14:1998 votes
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.
John 8:594 votes
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
Deuteronomy 22:2192 votes
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 among you.
1 Samuel 30:691 votes
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
1 Kings 12:1891 votes
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
Exodus 21:2889 votes
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Joshua 7:2588 votes
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.
Leviticus 24:1487 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 11:2587 votes
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;
What does the Bible say about stoning to death?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 21:18-21 on the subject of stoning to death. Across 8,724 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 24:16, Leviticus 20:13, John 8:3-11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.