Deuteronomy 14:1

New Century Version

You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, do not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of human beings. These women gave birth to children, who became famous and were the mighty warriors of long ago.

1 Kings 18:28

The prophets prayed louder, cutting themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed, which was the way they worshiped.

Isaiah 63:16

You are our father. Abraham doesn’t know we are his children, and Israel doesn’t recognize us. Lord, you are our father. You are called “the one who has always saved us.”

Jeremiah 16:6

“Important people and common people will die in the land of Judah. No one will bury them or cry for them or cut himself or shave his head to show sorrow for them.

Jeremiah 3:19

“I, the Lord, said, ‘How happy I would be to treat you as my own children and give you a pleasant land, a land more beautiful than that of any other nation.’ I thought you would call me ‘My Father’ and not turn away from me.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will be crying as they come, but they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead those people by streams of water on an even road where they will not stumble. I am Israel’s father, and Israel is my firstborn son.

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men came to Mizpah bringing grain offerings and incense to the Temple of the Lord. Those men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves.

Jeremiah 47:5

The people from the city of Gaza will be sad and shave their heads. The people from the city of Ashkelon will be made silent. Those left alive from the valley, how long will you cut yourselves?

Hosea 1:10

“But the number of the Israelites will become like the grains of sand of the sea, which no one can measure or count. They were called, ‘You are not my people,’ but later they will be called ‘children of the living God.’

Leviticus 21:5

“ ‘Priests must not shave their heads, or shave off the edges of their beards, or cut their bodies.

John 1:12

But to all who did accept him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God.

John 11:52

and for God’s scattered children to bring them all together and make them one.

Romans 8:16

And the Spirit himself joins with our spirits to say we are God’s children.

Romans 9:26

“They were called, ‘You are not my people,’ but later they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ”

Romans 9:4

They are the people of Israel, God’s chosen children. They have seen the glory of God, and they have the agreements that God made between himself and his people. God gave them the law of Moses and the right way of worship and his promises.

Romans 9:8

This means that not all of Abraham’s descendants are God’s true children. Abraham’s true children are those who become God’s children because of the promise God made to Abraham.

2 Corinthians 6:18

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

Galatians 3:26

You were all baptized into Christ, and so you were all clothed with Christ. This means that you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 13:18

You will have obeyed the Lord your God by keeping all his commands that I am giving to you today, and you will be doing what the Lord says is right.

Deuteronomy 32:6

This is not the way to repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people. He is your Father and Maker, who made you and formed you.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about those Christians who have died so you will not be sad, as others who have no hope.

Hebrews 2:10

God is the One who made all things, and all things are for his glory. He wanted to have many children share his glory, so he made the One who leads people to salvation perfect through suffering.

1 John 3:10

So we can see who God’s children are and who the devil’s children are: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children, and those who do not love their brothers and sisters are not God’s children.

1 John 5:2

This is how we know we love God’s children: when we love God and obey his commands.