Bible Verses about “when life begins”

“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.”