11 Bible Verses about Suicide

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Acts 1:18-19

but after he had purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity, he fell down, his belly burst, and all his bowels gushed out: a fact so generally known to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that they called the field in their tongue, Aceldema, that is to say, the field of blood.

Acts 16:27

the jayler waking, and seeing the prison-doors open, drew his sword, designing to dispatch himself from the apprehension that the prisoners had escaped.

Luke 12:22-25

Wherefore (said he to his disciples,) be not sollicitous for your life, what ye shall eat; nor for the body, what ye shall put on. the life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: nor have cellar or barn: are not you of much greater value than the fowls?read more.
but which of you, with all his disquietude, can add one moment to the period of his life?

Ephesians 5:29

no man was ever yet averse to his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as the Lord doth the church:

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Acts 1:18

but after he had purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity, he fell down, his belly burst, and all his bowels gushed out:

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Matthew 4:5-6

then the devil took Jesus with him to Jerusalem, and having set him on the wing of the temple, he said to him, if you are the Son of God, throw your self down: for it is written, "he will charge his angels to take care of you, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest you bruise your foot against a stone."

Luke 4:9-11

next, the devil brought him to Jerusalem, and setting him on the battlements of the temple, said to him, if you be the son of God, throw your self down from this height, for it is written, "he shall charge his angels to watch for your preservation: and they shall bear you up in their hands, for fear your foot should hit against a stone."

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Acts 1:18

but after he had purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity, he fell down, his belly burst, and all his bowels gushed out:

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Acts 16:27

the jayler waking, and seeing the prison-doors open, drew his sword, designing to dispatch himself from the apprehension that the prisoners had escaped.

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20

what! know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the holy spirit, which is in you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?

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