Bible Verses About Abortion
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for abortion, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 24,594 votes, led by Exodus 20:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Abortion
Exodus 20:132,721 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
Psalms 139:13-161,598 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Romans 1:28-321,504 votes
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Leviticus 24:171,452 votes
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Genesis 9:5-61,425 votes
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.
Exodus 21:22-251,323 votes
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.
Proverbs 6:16-191,082 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 24:11-121,078 votes
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Matthew 18:14975 votes
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Deuteronomy 27:25904 votes
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Matthew 19:18816 votes
He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Isaiah 5:20768 votes
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Deuteronomy 30:19687 votes
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Ecclesiastes 11:5633 votes
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Psalms 94:18-23573 votes
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
Psalms 139:1-24555 votes
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Psalms 127:3-5550 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Mark 7:20-23549 votes
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
James 2:11348 votes
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Exodus 23:7342 votes
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Luke 1:41-44339 votes
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
Proverbs 31:8-9321 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Psalms 82:3-4268 votes
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Jeremiah 2:34234 votes
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Deuteronomy 24:16194 votes
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
What does the Bible say about abortion?
Readers most often cite Exodus 20:13 on the subject of abortion. Across 24,594 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 139:13-16, Romans 1:28-32, Leviticus 24:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.