Deuteronomy 14:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Genesis 6:4

The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.

1 Kings 18:28

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,

Isaiah 63:16

Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob have both rejected us. But you are still our Father; you have been our protector since ancient times.

Jeremiah 16:6

Rich and poor alike will die and be left unburied. No one will mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads.

Jeremiah 3:19

I have always wanted to treat you as my children and give you the best land, the most beautiful on earth. I wanted you to call me “Father” and not turn from me.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will weep and pray as I bring them home. I will lead them to streams of water. They will walk on a level road and not stumble. I am a father to Israel, my favourite children.

Jeremiah 41:5

when eighty men came down the road towards Mizpah from the towns of Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They were on their way to the temple to offer gifts of grain and incense to the LORD. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, because they were mourning.

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.

Hosea 1:10

Some day it will be impossible to count the people of Israel, because there will be as many of them as there are grains of sand along the seashore. They are now called “Not My People”, but in the future they will be called “Children of the Living God”.

Leviticus 21:5

Don't shave any part of your head or trim your beard or cut yourself to show that you are mourning.

John 1:12

Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him. So he gave them the right to be the children of God.

John 11:52

Yet Jesus would not die just for the Jewish nation. He would die to bring together all God's scattered people.

Romans 8:16

God's Spirit makes us sure that we are his children.

Romans 9:26

“Once they were told, ‘You are not my people.’ But in that very place they will be called children of the living God.”

Romans 9:4

They are the descendants of Israel, and they are also God's chosen people. God showed them his glory. He made agreements with them and gave them his Law. The temple is theirs and so are the promises that God made to them.

2 Corinthians 6:18

and be your Father. You will be my sons and my daughters, as surely as I am God, the All-Powerful.”

Galatians 3:26

All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 13:18

That's why you must do what the LORD your God says is right. I am giving you his laws and teachings today, and you must obey them.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Israel, the LORD is your Father, the one who created you, but you repaid him by being foolish.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

My friends, we want you to understand how it will be for those followers who have already died. Then you won't grieve over them and be like people who don't have any hope.

Hebrews 2:10

Everything belongs to God, and all things were created by his power. So God did the right thing when he made Jesus perfect by suffering, as Jesus led many of God's children to be saved and to share in his glory.

1 John 3:10

You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.

1 John 5:2

If we love and obey God, we know that we will love his children.