Deuteronomy 14:1

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You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on your foreheads for the dead.

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  • Lev 21:5 : 5 They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.
  • Jer 16:6 : 6 Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned; no one will cut themselves or shave their heads for them in mourning.
  • Jer 41:5 : 5 eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, with their beards shaved, their clothes torn, and their bodies cut, bringing grain offerings and incense in their hands to present at the house of the LORD.
  • Rom 9:8 : 8 This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
  • Rom 9:26 : 26 And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
  • Lev 19:27-28 : 27 Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. 28 Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
  • Rom 8:16 : 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
  • John 1:12 : 12 Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.
  • John 11:52 : 52 And not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
  • Jer 47:5 : 5 Gaza is shaven bare; Ashkelon is silenced. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourselves in mourning?
  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I said, 'You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.' 7 However, like men, you will die; and like one of the princes, you will fall.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 I myself said, “How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.” I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humanity were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves from whomever they chose.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humanity and had children by them. They were the mighty men of old, men of renown.
  • Exod 4:22-23 : 22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son, 23 and I told you to let my son go so he may worship me, but you refused to let him go. So I will kill your firstborn son.'
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
  • Heb 2:10 : 10 For it was fitting for Him—for whom and through whom everything exists—to bring many sons to glory by making the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.
  • 1 John 5:2 : 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 19:26-28
    3 verses
    85%

    26Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. Do not practice divination or seek omens.

    27Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

    28Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 21:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.

    6They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. They offer the food offerings of the LORD, the bread of their God, and so they must be holy.

  • Jer 16:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned; no one will cut themselves or shave their heads for them in mourning.

    7No one will break bread for the bereaved to comfort them for the dead. Nor will anyone offer them a cup of consolation for their father or mother.

  • Deut 12:4
    74%

    4Do not worship the Lord your God in the same way that they worship their gods.

  • Deut 14:2
    73%

    2For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

  • Lev 19:4
    72%

    4Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 20:7
    71%

    7Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 19:30-32
    3 verses
    71%

    30Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

    31Do not turn to mediums or spiritists. Do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

    32Stand up in the presence of the elderly, show respect for the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 6:14
    71%

    14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

  • Deut 12:31
    71%

    31You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

  • Ezek 44:20
    71%

    20They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.

  • Mic 1:16
    71%

    16Shave your head bald and cut off your hair because of your precious children. Make yourself as bald as the eagle, for they have been taken away from you into exile.

  • Deut 18:9
    71%

    9When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable practices of those nations.

  • Lev 26:1
    71%

    1Do not make idols for yourselves, or set up a carved image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and do not place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 18:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29For anyone who commits any of these detestable practices will be cut off from among their people.

    30So keep my charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were done before you, so you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 22:24
    70%

    24You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land.

  • Num 6:5-7
    3 verses
    70%

    5Throughout the length of their vow, no razor may touch their head. Until the time of their dedication to the LORD is complete, they are to be holy and allow the hair of their head to grow long.

    6During the entire time of their vow to the LORD, they must not go near a dead body.

    7Even if their father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean for them, because the consecration to God is upon their head.

  • Lev 21:1
    70%

    1The LORD said to Moses, 'Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them: A priest shall not defile himself by coming into contact with a dead person among his people.

  • Deut 4:23
    70%

    23Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and not to make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

  • Lev 19:14
    70%

    14Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 14:21
    70%

    21You shall not eat anything that dies naturally. You may give it to the foreigner living in your towns so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

  • Deut 17:1
    70%

    1Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 4:25
    70%

    25When you have children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and if you act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, doing what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God to provoke Him to anger,

  • Lev 22:22
    70%

    22You must not offer to the LORD anything that is blind, broken, injured, or with warts, scabs, or skin disease; you must not bring them as a fire offering on the altar to the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    70%

    35The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, 'Do not fear other gods, do not bow down to them, do not serve them, and do not sacrifice to them.'

  • Num 4:18
    69%

    18Do not let the tribe of the Kohathite clans be cut off from the Levites.

  • Deut 4:16
    69%

    16Do not act corruptly by making for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure, whether male or female.

  • Num 15:39
    69%

    39These tassels will serve as a reminder. When you see them, you will remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them. You will not follow the desires of your own heart and eyes, which lead you astray.

  • Exod 34:17
    69%

    17Do not make any molten gods for yourselves.

  • Lev 18:21
    69%

    21Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 4:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2Do not add to the command that I am giving you, and do not take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you.

    3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal Peor; for every man who followed Baal Peor, the LORD your God destroyed him from among you.

  • Josh 23:7
    69%

    7Do not associate with these nations that remain among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, swear by them, serve them, or bow down to them.

  • Exod 34:15
    69%

    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices.

  • Num 6:9
    69%

    9If someone dies suddenly beside them, making their head of dedication unclean, they must shave their head on the day of their purification—the seventh day.

  • Isa 22:12
    69%

    12In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth.

  • Ezek 5:1
    69%

    1And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it like a razor for barbers, and pass it over your head and your beard. Then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.

  • Deut 18:14
    69%

    14The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.

  • Deut 16:21
    69%

    21You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah pole of any tree beside the altar of the Lord your God that you will set up for yourself.

  • Deut 12:25
    69%

    25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Deut 11:18
    69%

    18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.