Bible Verses About Committing Suicide
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for committing suicide, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,438 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 3:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Committing Suicide
1 Corinthians 3:17323 votes
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Ecclesiastes 7:17229 votes
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
1 Corinthians 6:19-20179 votes
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?
Exodus 20:13137 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
1 Peter 5:7110 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Corinthians 3:1695 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Proverbs 8:3687 votes
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
John 5:2472 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Revelation 21:869 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
1 John 1:962 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2 Samuel 17:2359 votes
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Romans 8:38-3955 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Proverbs 11:1753 votes
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
1 Kings 16:1836 votes
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
Matthew 27:536 votes
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:3-534 votes
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
John 10:1033 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Jeremiah 29:1132 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Hebrews 10:2630 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Mark 16:1629 votes
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
1 Kings 19:1-2127 votes
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
Proverbs 31:6-725 votes
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Romans 15:1324 votes
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
1 Samuel 31:422 votes
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
Psalms 147:322 votes
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
What does the Bible say about committing suicide?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 3:17 on the subject of committing suicide. Across 2,438 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 7:17, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Exodus 20:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.