11 Bible Verses about Suicide
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Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known to all that dwelt in Jerusalem, so that the field is called, in their own language, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.
And the jailer, being aroused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.
And in those days men will seek for death, and shall not find it; and they will desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
and said to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
And he said to his disciples: For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Life is a greater gift than food, and the body, than clothing. Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; yet God feeds them: you are of far more value than the birds.read more.
"Which of you, by his anxiety, can add one span to his life?
And, as it is appointed to men once to die, and after this the judgment,
And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Christ the church:
All things, therefore, whatever you would that men should do to you, even so do you to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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Saul, king of israel » The man who lost a crown characteristics of » Suicide
Suicide » Despair sometimes drives men to suicide
Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Suicide » Instances of » Saul and his armor-bearer
Suicide » Temptation to, of jesus
Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written: He will give his angels charge concerning you; and in their hands shall they take you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from this place; for it is written, He will give his angels charge concerning you, to guard you carefully; and in their hands they shall take you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
Suicide » Instances of » Judas
Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Suicide » Instances of » Samson
Suicide » Instances of » Ahithophel
Suicide » Instances of » Zimri
Suicide » Of the philippian jailer
And the jailer, being aroused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.
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Assisted Suicide
1 Corinthians 6:19-20Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?