Deuteronomy 14:1

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

¹ You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead. ² For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

People of the Lord

Jehovah

Romans 9:8

This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

Galatians 3:26

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

Leviticus 21:5

Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

Jeremiah 16:6

Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them.

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.

Romans 9:26

"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

Leviticus 19:27-28

You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

Hosea 1:10

However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are children of the living God!"

John 1:12

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God's children.

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God were having sexual relations with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.

Exodus 4:22-23

You must say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, "Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Psalm 82:6-7

I thought, 'You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.'

Jeremiah 3:19

"I thought to myself, 'Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!' I thought you would call me, 'Father' and would never cease being loyal to me.

Jeremiah 47:5

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia's power?

John 11:52

and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)

2 Corinthians 6:18

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

1 John 3:1-2

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness -- the one who does not love his fellow Christian -- is not of God.

1 John 5:2

By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.