1 Kings 18:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The prophets kept shouting louder and louder, and they cut themselves with swords and knives until they were bleeding. This was the way they worshipped,

Cross References

1 Kings 18:27

At midday, Elijah began making fun of them. “Pray louder!” he said. “Baal must be a god. Perhaps he's daydreaming or using the toilet or travelling somewhere. Or perhaps he's asleep, and you have to wake him up.”

Isaiah 44:17

Afterwards, he bows down to worship the wooden idol. “Protect me!” he says. “You are my god.”

Jeremiah 47:5

The Anakim who survive in Gaza and Ashkelon will mourn for you by shaving their heads and sitting in silence. You ask how long will I continue to attack you with my sword, then you tell me to put it away and leave you alone.

Micah 6:7

Will thousands of sheep or rivers of olive oil make God satisfied with me? Should I sacrifice to the LORD my firstborn child as payment for my terrible sins?

Zechariah 13:6

And if any of them are asked why they are wounded, they will answer, “It happened at the house of some friends.”

Mark 5:5

Night and day he was in the graveyard or on the hills, yelling and cutting himself with stones.

Mark 9:22

The demon has often tried to kill him by throwing him into a fire or into water. Please have pity and help us if you can!”

Deuteronomy 14:1

People of Israel, you are the LORD's children, so when you mourn for the dead, you must not cut yourselves or shave your forehead.