Bible Verses About Euthanasia
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for euthanasia, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 13,604 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 7:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Euthanasia
Ecclesiastes 7:171,516 votes
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
1 Corinthians 6:19-201,223 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?
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2988 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Exodus 20:13867 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
Ecclesiastes 8:8625 votes
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17587 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Genesis 9:6496 votes
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Romans 5:3-5301 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Hebrews 9:27298 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-3257 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
1 Corinthians 10:13234 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Job 1:21155 votes
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Revelation 21:4151 votes
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Genesis 1:26133 votes
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Psalms 139:16126 votes
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Genesis 9:5-6125 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.
Matthew 10:28119 votes
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 11:28113 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Job 12:10108 votes
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Job 30:23104 votes
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Jeremiah 29:11101 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.
2 Corinthians 12:9101 votes
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
1 Samuel 31:4-592 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.
Genesis 2:791 votes
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Romans 12:191 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
What does the Bible say about euthanasia?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 7:17 on the subject of euthanasia. Across 13,604 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, Exodus 20:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.