1 Kings 18:28

New International Reader's Version

So they shouted louder. They cut themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed. That’s what they usually did when things really looked hopeless.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:27

At noon Elijah began to tease them. “Shout louder!” he said. “I’m sure Baal is a god! Perhaps he has too much to think about. Or maybe he has gone to the toilet. Or perhaps he’s away on a trip. Maybe he’s sleeping. You might have to wake him up.”

Isaiah 44:17

From the rest of the wood he makes a statue. It becomes his god. He bows down and worships it. He prays to it. He says, “Save me! You are my god!”

Jeremiah 47:5

The people of Gaza will be so sad they will shave their heads. And Ashkelon’s people will be silent. You who remain on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

Leviticus 19:28

“ ‘Do not make cuts on your bodies when someone dies. Do not put marks on your skin. I am the Lord.

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams? Will he take delight in 10,000 rivers of olive oil? Should we offer our oldest sons for the wrong things we’ve done? Should we sacrifice our own children to pay for our sins?”

Zechariah 13:6

Suppose someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body?’ Then they will answer, ‘I was given these wounds at the house of my friends.’

Mark 5:5

Night and day he screamed among the tombs and in the hills. He cut himself with stones.

Mark 9:22

“The spirit has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us. Please help us.”

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. Don’t cut yourselves to honor the dead. Don’t shave the front of your heads to honor the dead.