37 Bible Verses about Suicide

He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.

This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.) It became known to all who live in Jerusalem that the field was called the field of blood, in their language; Akeldama.

He said to the young man carrying his weapons: Draw your sword and kill me. That way these godless Philistines will not gloat over me and kill me. But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.

The young man saw that Saul was dead. Then he too threw himself on his own sword and died with Saul. That is how Saul, his three sons, and the young man died. All of Saul's men died that day.

Saul said to his armor-bearer: Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died.

Then he said: 'Come here and kill me! I am badly wounded and about to die.'

Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed. He saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. He arranged his affairs in order and he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.

Zimri saw that the city had fallen. So he went into the palace's inner fortress and set the palace on fire. He died in the flames.

Samson said to the boy who led him by the hand: Let me touch the columns that hold up the building. I want to lean on them. The building was crowded with men and women. All five Philistine kings were there. There were about three thousand men and women on the roof, watching Samson entertain them. Samson prayed: Sovereign Lord Jehovah please remember me. Please, God, give me my strength just this one time. With this one blow I can get even with the Philistines for putting out my two eyes.read more.
Then Samson took hold of the two middle columns holding up the building. He put one hand on each column. He pushed against them. Samson shouted: Let me die with the Philistines! He pushed with all his might, and the building fell down on the five kings and everyone else. Samson killed more people at his death than he had killed during his life.

The jailor, who was roused out of sleep and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He took his servant and went to Beersheba in Judah. He left the servant there. Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down under a broom plant and wished he would die. It is just too much, Jehovah, he prayed. Take away my life. I could just as well be dead.

Sadness is mine! Why did my mother bring me into the world? I have to quarrel and argue with everyone in the whole earth. I have not lent any money or borrowed any; yet everyone curses me.

Cursed is the day when I was born. Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me! Cursed is the man who brought the news to my father, saying: A baby boy has been born to you! He made him very happy. But let that man be like the cities Jehovah overthrew without relenting. Let him hear an outcry in the morning and a shout of alarm at noon.read more.
He did not kill me before birth, so that my mother would have been my grave, and her womb ever pregnant. Why did I ever come forth from the womb to look on trouble and sorrow? My days have been spent in shame!

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly. He was angry! He prayed to Jehovah: I pray to you, O Jehovah, was this what I said, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish. Because I knew that you are a gracious God. You are merciful, slow to anger, abundant in loving kindness, and one who takes pity over calamity (tragedy) (catastrophe) (disaster). Now, O Jehovah, please take my life from me for it is better for me to die than to live.

I loathe my very life. I will therefore give free rein to my complaint and speak out in my bitterness.

JOB OPENED HIS MOUTH and cursed the day of his birth. He said: May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said: 'A boy is born!'read more.
Let that day turn to darkness. May God above not care about it. Let no light shine upon it.

I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this. I hate my life. I do not want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone for these few remaining days.

Men will seek death in those days and will not find it. They will desire to die and death will elude them.

The hilltop shrines of Bethaven, where the people of Israel worship idols, will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow up over their altars. The people will call out to the mountains: 'Hide us! And to the hills, cover us!'

They said to the mountains and rocks: Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

You set our sins in front of you. You put our secret sins in the light of your presence. Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one long sigh. The days of our lives are seventy or eighty years if we are in good health. But the best of them bring trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.

You granted me life and showed me kindness. Your providence preserved my spirit.

Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.

([Prayer of Moses]) O Jehovah, you have been our refuge throughout every generation. Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and its inhabitants, you are God from everlasting to everlasting. You turn men back into dust and say: Return, O sons of men!read more.
In your sight a thousand years are like a single day, like yesterday, already past like an hour in the night. You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass. In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they fade and wither away. Your anger consumes us. We are troubled by your rage. You set our sins in front of you. You put our secret sins in the light of your presence. Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one long sigh. The days of our lives are seventy or eighty years if we are in good health. But the best of them bring trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.

For you formed my inward parts. You wove me in my mother's womb. I will praise you, for in an awesome way I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, and woven in the depths of the earth.

He said: I was born with nothing (naked), and I will die with nothing. Jehovah gave, and now he has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah!

You must serve Jehovah your God! I will bless your food and water. I will take away all sickness from among you. No woman in your land will miscarry or be unable to have children. I will let you live a normal life span.

See now that I, even I, am he. There is no god besides me! It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heals. There is no one who can deliver from my hand.

Yes, I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.

He told his disciples: Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you eat or what you wear on your body. Life is more than food and clothing. Consider the ravens for they do not sow or reap. They have no storehouse or barn. Yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!read more.
Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to your life?

It is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Do not murder.

Do not seek revenge. Never hold a grudge against any of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am Jehovah.

The second like it is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

No man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the congregation.

Do for others the same as you would have them to do for you. That is the meaning of the Law and the Prophets.