Deuteronomy 14:1

Good News Translation

“You are the people of the Lord your God. So when you mourn for the dead, don't gash yourselves or shave the front of your head, as other people do.

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

Genesis 6:4

In those days, and even later, there were giants on the earth who were descendants of human women and the heavenly beings. They were the great heroes and famous men of long ago.

1 Kings 18:28

So the prophets prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed.

Isaiah 63:16

You are our father. Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob do not acknowledge us, but you, Lord, are our father, the one who has always rescued us.

Jeremiah 16:6

The rich and the poor will die in this land, but no one will bury them or mourn for them. Not one of you will gash yourself or shave your head to show your grief.

Jeremiah 3:19

The Lord says, “Israel, I wanted to accept you as my child and give you a delightful land, the most beautiful land in all the world. I wanted you to call me father and never again turn away from me.

Jeremiah 31:9

My people will return weeping, praying as I lead them back. I will guide them to streams of water, on a smooth road where they will not stumble. I am like a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my oldest son.”

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves. They were taking grain and incense to offer in the Temple.

Jeremiah 47:5

Great sorrow has come to the people of Gaza, and Ashkelon's people are silent. How long will the rest of Philistia mourn?

Hosea 1:10

The people of Israel will become like the sand of the sea, more than can be counted or measured. Now God says to them, “You are not my people,” but the day is coming when he will say to them, “You are the children of the living God!”

Leviticus 21:5

“No priest shall shave any part of his head or trim his beard or cut gashes on his body to show that he is in mourning.

John 1:12

Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children.

John 11:52

and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.

Romans 8:16

God's Spirit joins himself to our spirits to declare that we are God's children.

Romans 9:26

And in the very place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called the children of the living God.”

Romans 9:4

They are God's people; he made them his children and revealed his glory to them; he made his covenants with them and gave them the Law; they have the true worship; they have received God's promises;

Romans 9:8

This means that the children born in the usual way are not the children of God; instead, the children born as a result of God's promise are regarded as the true descendants.

2 Corinthians 6:18

I will be your father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Galatians 3:26

It is through faith that all of you are God's children in union with Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 13:18

if you obey all his commands that I have given you today, and do what he requires.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this the way you should treat the Lord, you foolish, senseless people? He is your father, your Creator, he made you into a nation.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Our friends, we want you to know the truth about those who have died, so that you will not be sad, as are those who have no hope.

Hebrews 2:10

It was only right that God, who creates and preserves all things, should make Jesus perfect through suffering, in order to bring many children to share his glory. For Jesus is the one who leads them to salvation.

1 John 3:10

Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.

1 John 5:2

This is how we know that we love God's children: it is by loving God and obeying his commands.