11 Bible Verses about Suicide

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Acts 1:18-19

"Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out. "This fact became known to the people of Jerusalem so that the place was called in their language, Acheldamach, The Field of Blood.

Acts 16:27

The jailer, roused from sleep, and seeing the doors wide open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped.

Revelation 6:16

And they began to say to the mountains and to the rocks. "Fall upon us and hide us From the face of him who is seated upon the throne, And from the wrath of the Lamb;

Luke 12:22-25

Then he said to his disciples. "For this is the reason I say to you. Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet your body what shall you wear. "For the life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. "Consider the ravens; they neither sow nor reap; they have no storehouse nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds?read more.
"And which of you by taking anxious thought can add a cubit to his height?

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Acts 1:18

"Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out.

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Matthew 4:5-6

Then the devil took him up into the Holy City and stood him on the parapet 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 over thee; Upon their hands they will bear thee up, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone."

Luke 4:9-11

Then he brought him to Jerusalem, and caused him to stand upon the Temple roof, and said to him. "If you really are the Son of God throw yourself down here; for it is written, "He shall give his angels charge of thee, to guard thee safely; "They will bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy food against a stone."

Suicide » Instances of » Judas

Acts 1:18

"Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out.

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Suicide » Instances of » Ahithophel

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Acts 16:27

The jailer, roused from sleep, and seeing the doors wide open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped.

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is within you, the Spirit whom you have from God?

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