54 verses contain “torment” (in the KJV: 43, in the BSB: 21) — showing 1–54
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But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is
tormenting you.
How long will ye
vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
“How long will you
torment me and
crush me with your words?
For He has not
despised or
detested the
torment of the
afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
For there they that carried us away
captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us
mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of
Zion.
for there our captors requested a song; our
tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of
Zion.”
And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard
bondage wherein thou
wast made to serve,
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
Behold, all ye that
kindle a fire, that compass
yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have
kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Behold, all you who
kindle a fire, who
array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have
lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of
torment.
But I will put it into the hand of them that
afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with
divers diseases and
torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the
palsy; and he
healed them.
News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the
demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the
paralyzed—and He
healed them.
And, behold, they
cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come
hither to
torment us before the time?
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they
shouted. “Have You come here to
torture us before the appointed time?”
And his lord was
wroth, and delivered him to the
tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be
tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.
And
cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I
adjure thee by God, that thou
torment me not.
And he
shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I
beg You before God not to
torture me!”
When he saw Jesus, he
cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I
beseech thee,
torment me not.
When the man saw Jesus, he
cried out and fell down before Him,
shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I
beg You not to
torture me!”
In Hades, where he was in
torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from
afar, with
Lazarus by his side.
And he
cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus, that he may dip the
tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am
tormented in this flame.
So he
cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send
Lazarus to dip the
tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in
agony in this fire.’
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise
Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art
tormented.
But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while
Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in
agony.
For I have five brethren; that he may
testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of
torment.
for I have five brothers. Let him
warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of
torment.’
There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick
folks, and them which were
vexed with unclean spirits: and they were
healed every one.
Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those
tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were
healed.
And lest I should be
exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a
thorn in the flesh, the
messenger of
Satan to
buffet me, lest I should be
exalted above measure.
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute,
oppressed, and mistreated.
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing,
vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was
tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be
tormented five months: and their
torment was as the
torment of a
scorpion, when he striketh a man.
The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to
torment them for five months, and their
torment was like the
stinging of a
scorpion.
And they that dwell upon the earth shall
rejoice over them, and make
merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets
tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
And those who dwell on the earth will
gloat over them, and will
celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had
tormented them.
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his
indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be
tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
And the smoke of their
torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
And the smoke of their
torment rises
forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for
anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
How much she hath
glorified herself, and lived
deliciously, so much
torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
As much as she has
glorified herself and lived in
luxury, give her the same measure of
torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
Standing
afar off for the fear of her
torment, saying,
Alas,
alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
In fear of her
torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “
Woe,
woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand
afar off for the fear of her
torment,
weeping and
wailing,
The merchants who sold these things and grew their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her
torment. They will
weep and
mourn,
And the devil that
deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and ever.
And the devil who had
deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be
tormented day and night
forever and ever.
Then shall they be in
pitiful case, which now have
abused my ways: and they that have cast them away
despitefully shall dwell in
torments.
And shall lay before them their evil thoughts, and the
torments wherewith they shall begin to be
tormented, which are like unto a flame: and he shall destroy them without labour by the law which is like unto me.
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
Wherefore, whereas men have lived
dissolutely and unrighteously, thou hast
tormented them with their own abominations.
Therefore by the like were they punished
worthily, and by the multitude of beasts
tormented.
For it was requisite, that upon them exercising
tyranny should come
penury, which they could not avoid: but to these it should only be shewed how their enemies were
tormented.
And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.
For the
destiny,
whereof they were worthy, drew them unto this end, and made them
forget the things that had already happened, that they might fulfil the punishment which was wanting to their
torments:
For at the first she will walk with him by
crooked ways, and bring fear and
dread upon him, and
torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her laws.
A yoke and a
collar do bow the neck: so are tortures and
torments for an evil servant.
So Alcimus died at that time with great torment.
But he, choosing rather to die gloriously, than to live
stained with such an
abomination,
spit it forth, and came of his own
accord to the
torment,
And leave a notable example to such as be young to die willingly and
courageously for the honourable and holy laws. And when he had said these words, immediately he went to the
torment:
It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste
swine’s flesh, and were
tormented with scourges and whips.
But he answered in his own language, and said, No. Wherefore he also received the next torment in order, as the former did.
Now when this man was dead also, they
tormented and
mangled the fourth in like manner.
But
abide a while, and behold his great power, how he will
torment thee and thy seed.
Fear not this
tormentor, but, being worthy of thy brethren, take thy death that I may receive thee again in mercy with thy brethren.
But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers,
beseeching God that he would speedily be
merciful unto our nation; and that thou by
torments and plagues mayest
confess, that he alone is God;
But the Lord
Almighty, the God of Isreal,
smote him with an incurable and invisible plague: or as soon as he had spoken these words, a pain of the
bowels that was
remediless came upon him, and
sore torments of the inner parts;
And that most justly: for he had
tormented other men’s
bowels with many and strange
torments.
