suicide
What does the Bible say about suicide? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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16Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you? 17But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.
17Do not try to be overly just, and do not try to be more wise than is necessary, lest you become stupid.
18The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations. 19The Lord is near to those who are troubled in heart, and he will save the humble in spirit. 20Many are the afflictions of the just, but from them all the Lord will free them. 21The Lord preserves all of their bones, not one of them shall be broken.
11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.
5Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. 6In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.
17But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.
3He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
2How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day? 3How long will my enemy be exalted over me? 4Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,
13You shall not murder.
20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.
25it remains alone. But if it dies, it yields much fruit. Whoever loves his life, will lose it. And whoever hates his life in this world, preserves it unto eternal life.