7 Bible Verses about Beating Oneself

Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

“Now look, I clap My hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you.

Beauty is stripped,
she is carried away;
her ladies-in-waiting moan
like the sound of doves,
and beat their breasts.

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.

Cry out and wail, son of man,
for it is against My people.
It is against all the princes of Israel!
They are given over to the sword with My people.
Therefore strike your thigh in grief.

After I returned, I repented;
After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief.
I was ashamed and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”