Deuteronomy 14:1

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

¹ “You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead, ² for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be His own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

People of the Lord

Jehovah

Romans 9:8

That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring.

Galatians 3:26

for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Leviticus 21:5

“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.

Jeremiah 16:6

Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

Jeremiah 41:5

80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria who had shaved their beards, torn their garments, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the Lord.

Romans 9:26

And it will be in the place where they were told,
you are not My people,
there they will be called sons of the living God.

Leviticus 19:27-28

You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the Israelites
will be like the sand of the sea,
which cannot be measured or counted.
And in the place where they were told:
You are not My people,
they will be called: Sons of the living God.

John 1:12

But to all who did receive Him,
He gave them the right to be children of God,
to those who believe in His name,

Romans 8:16

The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.

Exodus 4:22-23

Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh says: Israel is My firstborn son.

Psalm 82:6-7

I said, “You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.

Jeremiah 3:19

I thought: 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 will call Me, my Father,
and never turn away from Me.

Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness is coming to Gaza.
Ashkelon will become silent,
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God.

2 Corinthians 6:18

I will be a Father to you,
and you will be sons and daughters to Me,
says the Lord Almighty.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Hebrews 2:10

For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—all things exist for Him and through Him—should make the source of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

1 John 3:1-2

Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.

1 John 3:10

This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.

Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.

1 John 5:2

This is how we know that we love God’s children when we love God and obey His commands.