1 Kings 18:28

New King James Version

So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:27

And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.”

Isaiah 44:17

And the rest of it he makes into a god, His carved image. He falls down before it and worships it, Prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”

Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is cut off With the remnant of their valley. How long will you cut yourself?

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord.

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Zechariah 13:6

And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’

Mark 5:5

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.

Mark 9:22

And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the children of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead.