1 Kings 18:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then they cried aloud, and, as was their custom, they cut themselves with swords and lances until the blood gushed out over them.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:27

At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”

Isaiah 44:17

The rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, bows down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god!”

Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is silenced. O remnant of Anakim! How long will you gash yourselves?

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of 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 if anyone asks them, “What are these wounds on your chest?” the answer will be “The wounds I received in the house of my friends.”

Mark 5:5

Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always howling and bruising himself with stones.

Mark 9:22

It has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, help us! Have compassion on us!”

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your forelocks for the dead.