According to the Bible, these are the offenses which merit the death penalty:
- Murder (Exodus 21:12, 21:15)
- Kidnapping (Exodus 21:16)
- Disobedience to Parents (Exodus 21:17, Deuteronomy 21:18)
- Beastiality (Leviticus 20:15)
- Violations of the Sabbath (Exodus 31:15)
- Adultery (Leviticus 20:10, Leviticus 19:20)
- Abominations (Leviticus 20:2)
- Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16)
- Incest (Leviticus 20:11)
- Homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13)
- Witchcraft (Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:27)
- False Prophecy (Deuteronomy 13:5)
- Rebellion/Treason (Joshua 1:18)
- Worshipping a false god (Deuteronomy 13:6-10)
- Sodomy (Leviticus 18:22, 20:13)
- Sex with a woman betrothed to another (Deuteronomy 22:25)
- False witness in a capital crime (Deuteronomy 19:16-20)
- Daughters of preachers fornicating (Leviticus 21:9)
- Juvenile delinquency (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
- Sacrificing to false gods (Exodus 22:20)
- Disrespecting a judge or priest (Deuteronomy 17:22)
- Sex with a woman during her period (Leviticus 20:18)
- Unchastity (Deuteronomy 22:21-24)
- Cursing someone (Leviticus 24:14)