16 Bible Verses About Self-Harm

The Bible does not use the term self-harm, but it describes people cutting themselves and forbids one form of it. The law tells Israel not to cut their bodies for the dead (Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1). Baal’s prophets slash themselves on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:28), and the man Jesus meets among the tombs cuts himself with stones (Mark 5:5). Paul calls the body a temple of the Holy Spirit, bought at a price (1 Corinthians 6:19-20), and the Psalms…