Deuteronomy 14:1

As God's children, Israel must not gash themselves or shave their foreheads in mourning like the pagans. Their identity shapes their conduct, even in grief.

Cross-references · 23

• Gal 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 9:8So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
• Lev 21:5Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
• Rom 9:26and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
• Hos 1:10Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
• John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
• Jer 16:6“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
• Rom 8:16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
• Heb 2:10In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
• Jer 41:5eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
• 1 Jn 3:1–2Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
• 2 Cor 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
• John 11:52and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
• Jer 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
• Lev 19:27–28You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
• Ps 82:6–7I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
• 1 Jn 3:10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
• Gen 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
• Gen 6:4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
• 1 Jn 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
• Jer 47:5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
• Exod 4:22–23Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
• 1 Th 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

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