Then all the people of Israel will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.

The witnesses are to throw the first stones, and then the rest of the people are to stone them; in this way you will get rid of this evil.

Then everyone will hear of it and be afraid, and no one else will dare to act in such a way.

Then the men of the city are to stone him to death, and so you will get rid of this evil. Everyone in Israel will hear what has happened and be afraid.

When someone who is conceited gets his punishment, even an unthinking person learns a lesson. One who is wise will learn from what he is taught.

For rulers are not to be feared by those who do good, but by those who do evil. Would you like to be unafraid of those in authority? Then do what is good, and they will praise you,

because they are God's servants working for your own good. But if you do evil, then be afraid of them, because their power to punish is real. They are God's servants and carry out God's punishment on those who do evil.

Rebuke publicly all those who commit sins, so that the rest may be afraid.