Luke 23:48

And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return, beating their breasts.

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’

Jeremiah 31:19

‘For after I turned back, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh;
I was ashamed and also humiliated
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

Acts 2:37

Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?”

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Luke 23:48

And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

Smote

Luke 18:13

Jeremiah 31:19

Acts 2:37

Bible References

Smote

But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’

‘For after I turned back, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh;
I was ashamed and also humiliated
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren,

what shall we do?”