Bible Verses About Self Mutilation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for self mutilation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,937 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Self Mutilation
1 Corinthians 6:19-20310 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Leviticus 19:28263 votes
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
1 Peter 5:7181 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
2 Timothy 1:7137 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Deuteronomy 14:1129 votes
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Psalms 34:18-19106 votes
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Proverbs 8:3695 votes
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
1 Corinthians 10:1366 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Philippians 3:260 votes
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
1 Peter 5:6-757 votes
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Hebrews 4:15-1651 votes
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Psalms 55:2247 votes
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
1 Kings 18:24-2940 votes
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
1 John 1:940 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 12:238 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Jeremiah 29:1128 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Hosea 6:124 votes
Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Psalms 27:1420 votes
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Isaiah 43:219 votes
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Romans 8:119 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
John 3:1618 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Psalms 109:2-517 votes
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
1 Corinthians 6:1917 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians 3:16-1716 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Proverbs 17:1715 votes
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
What does the Bible say about self mutilation?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 on the subject of self mutilation. Across 1,937 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 19:28, 1 Peter 5:7, 2 Timothy 1:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.