Deuteronomy 14:1

New American Bible - revised edition

You are children of the Lord, your God. You shall not gash yourselves nor shave the hair above your foreheads for the dead.

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw how beautiful the daughters of human beings were, and so they took for their wives whomever they pleased.

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim appeared on earth in those days, as well as later, after the sons of God had intercourse with the daughters of human beings, who bore them sons. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown. Warning of the Flood.

1 Kings 18:28

They called out louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears according to their ritual until blood gushed over them.

Isaiah 63:16

For you are our father. Were Abraham not to know us, nor Israel to acknowledge us, You, Lord, are our father, our redeemer you are named from of old.

Jeremiah 16:6

They shall die, the great and the lowly, in this land, unburied and unlamented. No one will gash themselves or shave their heads for them.

Jeremiah 3:19

I thought: How I would like to make you my children! So I gave you a pleasant land, the most beautiful heritage among the nations! You would call me, “My Father,” I thought, and you would never turn away from me.

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they shall come, but with compassion I will guide them; I will lead them to streams of water, on a level road, without stumbling. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men, in ragged clothes, with beards shaved off and gashes on their bodies, came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense for the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness is visited upon Gaza, Ashkelon is reduced to silence; Ashdod, remnant of their strength, how long will you gash yourself?

Leviticus 21:5

The priests shall not make bald the crown of their head, nor shave the edges of their beard, nor lacerate their body.

John 1:12

But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,

John 11:52

and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Romans 9:26

And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called children of the living God.”

Romans 9:4

They are Israelites; theirs the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;

Romans 9:8

This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

2 Corinthians 6:18

and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Galatians 3:26

For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 13:18

You shall not hold on to anything that is under the ban; then the Lord will turn from his burning anger and show you mercy, and in showing you mercy multiply you as he swore to your ancestors,

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the Lord, so foolish and unwise a people? Is he not your father who begot you, the one who made and established you?

1 Thessalonians 4:13

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.

1 John 3:10

In this way, the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 5:2

In this way we know that we love the children of God when we love God and obey his commandments.