Bible Verses about “the sanctity of life”
The Bible contains 15 verses about the sanctity of life across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.”
“God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.”
“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”
“For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.”
“"Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."”
“My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.”
“Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.”
“Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?”
“"You shall not murder.”
“But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.”
“If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.”
“"You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'”
“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”
“in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?”
“Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb?”