Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Cut themselves
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Bible References
Cut themselves
Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any bald place on your foreheads for the dead.
Micah 6:7
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or 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?
Mark 5:5
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Mark 9:22
And often it has cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.
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Judges 10:14
Go and cry unto the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress.