Bible Verses about “when life begins”
The Bible contains 13 verses about when life begins across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”
“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.”
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
“My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”
“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.”
“And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
“Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,”
“Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.”
“And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,”
“¶ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine].”
“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,”
“¶ Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.”
“The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.”