Punishment: Design of To Secure Obedience

…but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

You shall have no other gods before Me. …

If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, …

Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.

Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.

Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.

Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!