7 Bible Verses about Beating Oneself

But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.

And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

And all the people who had come together to see it, when they saw the things which were done, went back again making signs of grief.

Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.

Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.