37 Bible Verses about Suicide

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Acts 1:18-19

Truly this therefore purchased a place from the wages of iniquity; and being bent forward, he brake in pieces in the midst, and all his entrails were poured out. And it was known to all dwelling in Jerusalem; so that that place was called in their own dialect, Aceldama, that is, The place of blood.

1 Samuel 31:4

And Saul will say to him lifting up his arms, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised shall come and thrust me through and mock upon me. And he lifting up his arms would not, for he will fear greatly; and Saul will take the sword and will fall upon it

1 Samuel 31:5-6

And he lifting up his arms will fear, for he saw Saul died; and he will fall, also he, upon his sword, and he will die with him. And Saul will die, and his three sons, and he lifting up his arms, also all his men in that day together.

1 Chronicles 10:4-5

And Saul will say to him lifting up his utensils, Draw thy sword and thrust me through with it lest these uncircumcised shall come and shall mock against me. And he lifting up his utensils would not, for he feared greatly. And Saul will take the sword and fall upon it. And he lifting up his utensils will see that Saul died, and he will also fall upon the sword and die.

2 Samuel 1:9

And he will say to me, Stand now, upon me, and kill me, for perplexity seized me because my soul is yet all in me.

2 Samuel 17:23

And Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not done, and he will saddle the ass and rise and go to his house to his city, and command his house, and he will strangle himself and die. And he will be buried in the grave of his father.

1 Kings 16:18

And it will be when Zimri saw that the city was taken, and he will come to the fortress of the king's house, and he will burn over him the king's house with fire, and he will die,

Judges 16:26-30

And Samson will say to the boy holding him by his hand, Permit me and I shall feel the pillars which the house stood upon them, and I will lean upon them. And the house was filled with men and women, and there were all the princes of Philisteim, and upon the roof about three thousand men and women looking upon the sport of Samson And Samson will call to Jehovah, and will say, Lord Jehovah, remember me now, and strengthen me now but this once, O God, and I will avenge myself one vengeance for my two eyes of Philisteim.read more.
And Samson will clasp the two pillars the midst of which the house stood upon them, and he stayed himself upon them, one with his right hand and one with his left And Samson will say, My soul shall die with Philisteim. And he will bow with strength, and the house will fall upon the princes and upon all the people which are in it And the dead will be more which he killed in his death than which he killed in his life.

Acts 16:27

And the jailor being awakened, and having seen the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the imprisoned to have fled.

1 Kings 19:3-4

And he will see and arise, and go for his soul, and he will come to the Well of the Oath which was to Judah, and he will leave his boy there. And he went into the desert the way of a day, and he will come and sit under one broom-tree: and he will ask for his soul to die: and he will say, Much now, O Jehovah, Take my soul, for I am not good above my fathers.

Jeremiah 15:10

Wo to me, my mother, for thou broughtest me forth a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth. I lent not on interest and they lent not to me on interest: they are altogether cursing me.

Jeremiah 20:14-18

Cursed the day which I was born in it; the day which my mother brought me forth shall not be blessed. Cursed the man who announced to my father, Good news; saying, A son, a male was born to thee; with rejoicing, making him rejoice. And that man being as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and lamented not: and hearing the cry in the morning and the loud noise in time of noon.read more.
Because he killed me not from the womb, and my mother will be to me my grave, and her womb pregnant forever. Wherefore this came I forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, and my days shall be finished with shame?

Jonah 4:1-3

And it will be evil to Jonah, a great evil, and it will kindle to him. And he will pray to Jehovah and say, Ah, now, O Jehovah, was not this my word while I was upon my land? For this I anticipated to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and of much kindness, and lamenting for evil. And now, O Jehovah, take now my soul from me, for it is good for me to die rather than for me to live.

Job 10:1

My soul was weary in my life; I shall leave upon me my complaint; I shall speak in the bitterness of my soul

Job 3:1-4

After this Job opened his mouth, and he will curse his day. Job will answer and say, The day shall perish I shall bring forth in it, and the night said, A male was conceived.read more.
That day shall be darkness; God shall not search it out from above, and the light shall not shine upon it.

Job 7:15-16

And my soul will choose strangling; death rather than my bones. I melted away; I shall not live forever: desist from me, for my days are vanity.

Hosea 10:8

And the heights of vanity were destroyed, the sin of Israel: the thorn and weeds shall come up upon their altars; and they said to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall upon us.

Revelation 6:16

And they say to the mountains and rocks, Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him sitting upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

Psalm 90:8-10

Thou didst set our iniquities before thee, our hidden things before the light of thy face. For all our days turned away in thy wrath: we finished our years as a meditation The days of our years, in them seventy years; and if in strengths, eighty years, and their pride labor and vanity; for being soon cut off and we shall fly away.

Job 10:12

Thou didst with me life and mercy, and thy reviewing watched my spirit

Psalm 90:1-10

Prayer to Moses the man of God. O Jehovah, thou wert a refuge to us in generation and generation. Before the mountains were born, and the earth shall be begun, and the habitable globe, and from forever even to forever, thou art God. Thou wilt turn man even to crushing, and thou wilt say, Turn back, ye sons of man.read more.
For a thousand years in thine eyes as the day of yesterday, for it shall pass away, and watches in the night. Thou didst overwhelm them; in sleep shall they be; in the morning as the grass will pass away. In the morning it will flourish, and it will pass away at evening; it will be cut off and will dry up. For we were finished in thine Anger, and in thy wrath we were terrified. Thou didst set our iniquities before thee, our hidden things before the light of thy face. For all our days turned away in thy wrath: we finished our years as a meditation The days of our years, in them seventy years; and if in strengths, eighty years, and their pride labor and vanity; for being soon cut off and we shall fly away.

Psalm 139:13-15

For thou didst possess my reins: thou wilt cover me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I was wonderfully distinguished: thy works are wonders, and my soul knew greatly. My bones were not hid from thee, when I was made in secret. I was variegated in the lower parts of the earth.

Exodus 23:25-26

And serve ye Jehovah your God, and he blessed thy bread, and thy waters; and I turned away disease from the midst of thee. And there shall not be bereaving of children or barren upon thy land: the number of thy days I will fill up.

Deuteronomy 32:39

See ye now, that I, I am he, And no God with me: I will kill, and I will preserve alive; I struck through and through, and I will heal; And none takes away out of my hand.

Job 30:23

For I knew thou wilt turn me back to death, and the house appointed to all living.

Luke 12:22-25

And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Have no anxiety for your soul, what ye eat; nor for the body what ye put on. The soul is more than food, and the body than clothing. Consider the ravens: for they sow not neither do they reap; to them there is not store-house nor store; and God nourishes them: how much more have ye preeminence of the fowls?read more.
And which of you having anxiety can add to his size one cubit?

Ephesians 5:29

For none at any time hates his own flesh; but brings it up and cherishes it, as also the Lord the church:

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Saul, king of israel » The man who lost a crown characteristics of » Suicide

1 Samuel 31:4

And Saul will say to him lifting up his arms, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised shall come and thrust me through and mock upon me. And he lifting up his arms would not, for he will fear greatly; and Saul will take the sword and will fall upon it

Suicide » Despair sometimes drives men to suicide

2 Samuel 17:23

And Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not done, and he will saddle the ass and rise and go to his house to his city, and command his house, and he will strangle himself and die. And he will be buried in the grave of his father.

Acts 1:18

Truly this therefore purchased a place from the wages of iniquity; and being bent forward, he brake in pieces in the midst, and all his entrails were poured out.

1 Kings 16:18

And it will be when Zimri saw that the city was taken, and he will come to the fortress of the king's house, and he will burn over him the king's house with fire, and he will die,

1 Samuel 31:4

And Saul will say to him lifting up his arms, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised shall come and thrust me through and mock upon me. And he lifting up his arms would not, for he will fear greatly; and Saul will take the sword and will fall upon it

Suicide » Instances of » Saul and his armor-bearer

1 Samuel 31:4-5

And Saul will say to him lifting up his arms, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised shall come and thrust me through and mock upon me. And he lifting up his arms would not, for he will fear greatly; and Saul will take the sword and will fall upon it And he lifting up his arms will fear, for he saw Saul died; and he will fall, also he, upon his sword, and he will die with him.

1 Chronicles 10:4-5

And Saul will say to him lifting up his utensils, Draw thy sword and thrust me through with it lest these uncircumcised shall come and shall mock against me. And he lifting up his utensils would not, for he feared greatly. And Saul will take the sword and fall upon it. And he lifting up his utensils will see that Saul died, and he will also fall upon the sword and die.

Suicide » Temptation to, of jesus

Matthew 4:5-6

Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and sets him upon the small wing of the temple; And says to him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down; for it has been written, That to his messengers he will command concerning thee; and in the hands shall they lift thee up, lest that perhaps thou strike thy foot against a stone.

Luke 4:9-11

And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him upon the small wing of the temple, and said to him, If thou art the Son of God; cast thyself down from hence: For it has been written, That he shall charge his messengers concerning thee, to watch over thee: And upon hands shall they lift thee up, lest that perhaps thou shouldest strike thy foot against a stone.

Suicide » Instances of » Judas

Acts 1:18

Truly this therefore purchased a place from the wages of iniquity; and being bent forward, he brake in pieces in the midst, and all his entrails were poured out.

Suicide » Instances of » Samson

Judges 16:29-30

And Samson will clasp the two pillars the midst of which the house stood upon them, and he stayed himself upon them, one with his right hand and one with his left And Samson will say, My soul shall die with Philisteim. And he will bow with strength, and the house will fall upon the princes and upon all the people which are in it And the dead will be more which he killed in his death than which he killed in his life.

Suicide » Instances of » Ahithophel

2 Samuel 17:23

And Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not done, and he will saddle the ass and rise and go to his house to his city, and command his house, and he will strangle himself and die. And he will be buried in the grave of his father.

Suicide » Instances of » Zimri

1 Kings 16:18

And it will be when Zimri saw that the city was taken, and he will come to the fortress of the king's house, and he will burn over him the king's house with fire, and he will die,

Suicide » Of the philippian jailer

Acts 16:27

And the jailor being awakened, and having seen the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the imprisoned to have fled.

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Or know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?

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