Life Circumstances
Bible Verses About taking your own life
10 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about taking your own life? Browse 10 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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Translation Comparison
| Translation | Key Verse: Ecclesiastes 7:17 |
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| King James (KJV) | “Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? before: Heb. not in thy time?” |
10 Key Scriptures
“Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? before: Heb. not in thy time?”
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. defile: or, destroy”
“And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.”
Genesis 9:5KJV
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”
1 John 4:1KJV
“Thou shalt not kill.”
Exodus 20:13KJV
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; temptations: or, trials”
James 1:2KJV
“And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers . and the archers: Heb. and the shooters, men with bows hit: Heb. found him”
“In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind . soul: or, life all: Heb. all flesh of man”
Job 12:10KJV
“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;”
Mark 1:1KJV
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