11 Bible Verses about Suicide
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Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, and went and hanged himself.
(Now having bought a piece of ground with the money paid for his wickedness he fell there with his face downwards, and, his body bursting open, he became disembowelled. This fact became widely known to the people of Jerusalem, so that the place received the name, in their language, of Achel-damach, which means 'The Field of Blood.')
Starting up from sleep and seeing the doors of the jail wide open, the jailer drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
And at that time people will seek death, but will by no possibility find it, and will long to die, but death evades them.
while they called to the mountains and the rocks, saying, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb;
Then turning to His disciples He said, "For this reason I say to you, 'Dismiss all anxious care for your lives, inquiring what you are to eat, and for your bodies, what you are to put on.' For life is a greater gift than food, and the body is a greater gift than clothing. Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!read more.
And which of you is able by anxious thought to add a moment to his life?
And since it is reserved for all mankind once to die, and afterwards to be judged;
And the second is similar to it: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thyself.'
For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;
Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this the Law and the Prophets are summed up.
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Saul, king of israel » The man who lost a crown characteristics of » Suicide
Suicide » Despair sometimes drives men to suicide
(Now having bought a piece of ground with the money paid for his wickedness he fell there with his face downwards, and, his body bursting open, he became disembowelled.
Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, and went and hanged himself.
Suicide » Instances of » Saul and his armor-bearer
Suicide » Temptation to, of jesus
Then the Devil took Him to the Holy City and caused Him to stand on the roof of the Temple, and said, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down; for it is written, "'To His angels He will give orders concerning thee, and on their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any moment thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"
Then he brought Him to Jerusalem and caused Him to stand on the roof of the Temple, and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down from here; for it is written, He will give orders to His angels concerning thee, to guard thee safely;' and 'On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest at any moment thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"
Suicide » Instances of » Judas
(Now having bought a piece of ground with the money paid for his wickedness he fell there with his face downwards, and, his body bursting open, he became disembowelled.
Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, and went and hanged himself.
Suicide » Instances of » Samson
Suicide » Instances of » Ahithophel
Suicide » Instances of » Zimri
Suicide » Of the philippian jailer
Starting up from sleep and seeing the doors of the jail wide open, the jailer drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20Or do you not know that your bodies are a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is within you--the Spirit whom you have from God?