when life begins
What does the Bible say about when life begins? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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7And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you went forth from the womb, I sanctified you. And I made you a prophet to the nations.”
22If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck a pregnant woman, and as a result she miscarries, but she herself survives, he shall be subject to as much damage as the husband of the woman shall petition from him, or as arbitrators shall judge. 23But if her death will have followed, he will repay a life for a life, 24an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot, 25a scrape for a scrape, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.
13For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother. 14I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well. 15My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth. 16Your eyes saw my imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.
13For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
4The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
16Your eyes saw my imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.
15But, when it pleased him who, from my mother’s womb, had set me apart, and who has called me by his grace,
1Pay attention, you islands, and listen closely, you far away peoples. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the womb of my mother, he has been mindful of my name.
22If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck a pregnant woman, and as a result she miscarries, but she herself survives, he shall be subject to as much damage as the husband of the woman shall petition from him, or as arbitrators shall judge.