When Judgement Is Not Executed Speedily?

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out?

When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong. Although a wicked man commits a hundred crimes and still lives a long time, I know that it will go better with God-fearing men, who are reverent before God.

What does the Bible say about crime and punishment?

In Leviticus Chapter 24, verses 17 through 21 quote the Lord instructing Moses in words that uphold the death penalty and include the phrase, "If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth."