Many Christians feel defeated in their prayer lives. To pray even five-to-seven minutes seems like and eternity, and their minds wander much of that time. 'I guess it's me,' many conclude. 'I'm just a second-rate Christian.' No, if you are indwelt by the Holy Spirit and generally seeking to live in obedience to God's Word, then the problem likely isn't you, but your method... Let the words of Scripture be the words of your prayers... By praying through a passage of Scripture, you'll find yourself praying about most of 'the same old things,' but in brand new ways. You'll likely be able to turn to any part of the Bible and pray through it.
Donald S. Whitney

PUNISHMENTS

PUNISHMENTS

PUNISHMENTS

  1. Antiquity of # Ge 4:13,14
  2. Power of inflicting, given to magistrates # Job 31:11 Ro 13:4
  3. Designed to be a warning to others # De 13:11 17:13 19:20
  4. WERE INFLICTED 4a) On the guilty

    # De 24:16 Pr 17:26

4b) Without pity # De 19:13,21 4c) Without partiality # De 13:6-8 4d) By order of magistrates # Ac 16:22 4e) By order of kings # 2Sa 1:13-16 1Ki 2:23-46 4f) Immediately after sentence was passed # De 25:2 Jos 7:25 4g) By the witnesses # De 13:9 17:7 Joh 8:7 Ac 7:58,59 4h) By the people # Nu 15:35,36 De 13:9 4i) By soldiers # 2Sa 1:15 Mt 27:27-35 5) Sometimes deferred until God was consulted # Nu 15:34 6) Sometimes deferred for a considerable time # 1Ki 2:5,6,8,9 7) SECONDARY KINDS OF 7a) Imprisonment # Ezr 7:26 Mt 5:25 7b) Confinement in a dungeon # Jer 38:6 Zec 9:11 7c) Confinement in stocks # Jer 20:2 Ac 16:24 7d) Fine, or giving of money # Ex 21:22 De 22:19 7e) Restitution # Ex 21:36 22:1-4 Le 6:4,5 24:18 7f) Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done # Ex 21:24 De 19:21 7g) Binding with chains and fetters # Ps 105:18 7h) Scourging # De 25:2,3 Mt 27:26 Ac 22:25 2Co 11:24 7i) Selling the criminal # Mt 18:25 7j) Banishment # Ezr 7:26 Re 1:9 7k) Torturing # Mt 18:34 Heb 11:37 7l) Putting out the eyes # Jud 16:21 1Sa 11:2 7m) Cutting off hands and feet # 2Sa 4:12 7n) Mutilating the hands and feet # Jud 1:5-7 7o) Cutting off nose and ears # Eze 23:25 7p) Plucking out the hair # Ne 13:25 Isa 50:6 7q) Confiscating the property # Ezr 7:26 8) Inflicting of capital, not permitted to the Jews by the Romans # Joh 18:31 9) CAPITAL KINDS OF 9a) Burning # Ge 38:24 Le 20:14 Da 3:6 9b) Hanging # Nu 25:4 De 21:22,23 Jos 8:29 2Sa 21:12 Es 7:9,10 9c) Crucifying # Mt 20:19 27:35 9d) Beheading # Ge 40:19 Mr 6:16,27 9e) Slaying with the sword # 1Sa 15:33 Ac 12:2 9f) Stoning # Le 24:14 De 13:10 Ac 7:59 9g) Cutting in pieces # Da 2:5 Mt 24:51 9h) Sawing asunder # Heb 11:37 9i) Exposing to wild beasts # Da 6:16,24 1Co 15:32 9j) Bruising in mortars # Pr 27:22 9k) Casting headlong from a rock # 2Ch 25:12 9l) Casting into the sea # Mt 18:6 10) Strangers not exempted from # Le 20:2 11) Were sometimes commuted # Ex 21:29,30 12) For murder not to be commuted # Nu 35:31,32