Deuteronomy 13:11

13:11 Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 17:7

17:7 The witnesses ²  must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people ³  are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 17:13

17:13 Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and not be so presumptuous again.

Deuteronomy 21:21

21:21 Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out ⁴  wickedness from among you, and all Israel ⁵  will hear about it and be afraid.

Proverbs 21:11

21:11 When a scorner is punished, the naive ⁶  becomes wise;

when a wise person is instructed, ⁷  he gains knowledge.

Romans 13:3-4

13:3 (for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation, 13:4 for it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God’s servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.

Romans 13:1

Submission to Civil Government

13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, ⁸  and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

Romans 5:20

5:20 Now the law came in ⁹  so that the transgression ¹⁰  may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

¹ sn Some see in this statement an argument for the deterrent effect of capital punishment (Deut 17:13; 19:20; 21:21).

² tn Heb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

³ tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew term בִּעַרְתָּה (bi’artah), here and elsewhere in such contexts (cf. Deut 13:5; 17:7, 12; 19:19; 21:9), suggests God’s anger which consumes like fire (thus בָעַר, ba’ar, “to burn”). See H. Ringgren, TDOT 2:203-4.

⁵ tc Some LXX traditions read הַנִּשְׁאָרִים (hannish’arim, “those who remain”) for the MT’s יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra’el, “Israel”), understandable in light of Deut 19:20. However, the more difficult reading found in the MT is more likely original.

⁶ sn The contrast here is between the simple and the wise. The simple gain wisdom when they see the scorner punished; the wise gains knowledge through instruction. The scorner does not change, but should be punished for the benefit of the simple (e.g., Prov 19:25).

⁷ tn Heb “in the instructing of the wise.” The construction uses the Hiphil infinitive construct הַשְׂכִּיל (haskil) with a preposition to form a temporal clause (= “when”). The word “wise” (חָכָם, khakham) after it is the subjective genitive. The preposition לְ (lamed) on the form is probably dittography from the ending of the infinitive.

⁸ tn Grk “by God.”

⁹ tn Grk “slipped in.”

¹⁰ tn Or “trespass.”