Bible Verses about “taking your own life”

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”

“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

“¶ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”

“Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”

“¶ My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;”

“But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”

“Thou shalt not kill.”

“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.”

“‹Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive› [them], ‹and ye shall have› [them].”

“Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];”

“Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all [things]: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.”

“And he said unto them, ‹Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.›”

“‹He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.›”

“‹And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.›”

“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”

“‹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›”

“‹Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:›”

“‹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,›”

“‹And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.›”

“‹And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.›”

“‹For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.›”

“‹And the second› [is] ‹like,› [namely] ‹this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.›”

“‹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;›”

“But when Jesus saw [it], he was much displeased, and said unto them, ‹Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.›”

“And he said, ‹That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.›”

“‹All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.›”

“‹But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.›”

“And he saith unto them, ‹Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.›”

“In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.”

“¶ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.”

“‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›”

“Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, ‹Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.›”

“Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?”

“‹They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.›”

“And he said unto them, ‹Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while:› for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.”

“And he took them up in his arms, put [his] hands upon them, and blessed them.”

“‹But of that day and› [that] ‹hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.›”

“‹For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.›”

“And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.”

“And he saith unto them, ‹Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,› [it] ‹cannot defile him;›”

“‹Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.›”

“‹And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;›”

“‹And whosoever shall offend one of› [these] ‹little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.›”

“¶ And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and [his] disciples rebuked those that brought [them].”

“‹Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against› [their] ‹parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.›”

“‹For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if› [it were] ‹possible, even the elect.›”

“And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.”

“And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:›”

“‹For all› [they] ‹did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had,› [even] ‹all her living.›”