Leviticus 19:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 14:1 : 1 You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;
  • 1 Kgs 18:28 : 28 So they gave loud cries, cutting themselves with knives and swords, as was their way, till the blood came streaming out all over them.
  • Jer 16:6 : 6 Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-place, and no one will be weeping for them or wounding themselves or cutting off their hair for them:
  • Jer 48:37 : 37 For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.
  • Lev 21:5 : 5 They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.
  • Lev 21:1 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;
  • Rev 15:2 : 2 And I saw a sea which seemed like glass mixed with fire; and those who had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, were in their places by the sea of glass, with God's instruments of music in their hands.
  • Rev 16:2 : 2 And the first went, and let what was in his vessel come down on the earth; and it became an evil poisoning wound on the men who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image.
  • Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.
  • Rev 20:4 : 4 And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.
  • Mark 5:5 : 5 And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
  • Rev 13:16-17 : 16 And he gives to all, small and great, the poor and those who have wealth, the free and those who are not free, a mark on their right hand or on their brows; 17 So that no man might be able to do trade but he who has the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.
  • Rev 14:9 : 9 And a third angel came after them, saying with a loud voice, If any man gives worship to the beast and his image, and has his mark on his brow or on his hand,
  • Rev 14:11 : 11 And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 19:26-27
    2 verses
    86%

    26 Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.

    27 The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.

  • Deut 14:1
    85%

    1 You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

  • Lev 21:5
    79%

    5 They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.

  • Lev 19:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

    4 Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 19:29-32
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    75%

    29 Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.

    30 Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

    31 Do not go after those who make use of spirits, or wonder-workers; do not go in their ways or become unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.

    32 Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 18:29-30
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    29 For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.

    30 So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 26:1-2
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    74%

    1 Do not make images of false gods, or put up an image cut in stone or a pillar or any pictured stone in your land, to give worship to it; for I am the Lord your God.

    2 Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 18:21
    73%

    21 And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

  • Deut 12:4
    73%

    4 Do not so to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 4:16
    72%

    16 So that you may not be turned to evil ways and make for yourselves an image in the form of any living thing, male or female,

  • Deut 5:8
    72%

    8 You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:

  • Exod 20:4
    71%

    4 You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

  • Lev 20:7-8
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    71%

    7 So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.

    8 And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.

  • Lev 22:24
    71%

    24 An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land.

  • Lev 19:14
    71%

    14 Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 19:12
    71%

    12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 34:17
    71%

    17 Make for yourselves no gods of metal.

  • Deut 18:9
    71%

    9 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, do not take as your example the disgusting ways of those nations.

  • Lev 22:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31 So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

    32 And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,

  • Jer 16:6
    70%

    6 Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-place, and no one will be weeping for them or wounding themselves or cutting off their hair for them:

  • Lev 19:16
    70%

    16 Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 18:3
    70%

    3 You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

  • Exod 20:7
    70%

    7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

  • Exod 30:38
    70%

    38 Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from his people.

  • Deut 16:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21 Let no holy tree of any sort be planted by the altar of the Lord your God which you will make.

    22 You are not to put up stone pillars, for they are hated by the Lord your God.

  • Lev 19:18
    70%

    18 Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 30:33
    70%

    33 Whoever makes any like it, or puts it on one who is not a priest, will be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 18:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

    6 You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 31:14
    69%

    14 So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.

  • Mic 5:13
    69%

    13 I will have your Asherahs pulled up from among you: and I will send destruction on your images.

  • Deut 22:12
    69%

    12 On the four edges of your robe, with which your body is covered, put ornaments of twisted threads.

  • Deut 4:23
    69%

    23 Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.

  • Gen 17:11
    69%

    11 In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

  • Lev 21:11
    69%

    11 He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

  • Jer 25:6
    69%

    6 Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

  • Lev 25:17
    69%

    17 And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

  • Deut 28:27
    69%

    27 The Lord will send on you the disease of Egypt, and other sorts of skin diseases which nothing will make well.

  • Exod 20:13
    69%

    13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Lev 19:37
    69%

    37 You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.