Bible Verses About Infanticide
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for infanticide, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 714 votes, led by Matthew 2:16-18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Infanticide
Matthew 2:16-1880 votes
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Acts 7:1967 votes
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Exodus 1:15-1644 votes
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
Jeremiah 31:1543 votes
Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Isaiah 13:1641 votes
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Exodus 1:1638 votes
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
2 Kings 15:1638 votes
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
1 Samuel 15:336 votes
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Exodus 12:2934 votes
And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Psalms 137:934 votes
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Hosea 13:1634 votes
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Psalms 135:830 votes
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
Numbers 31:1729 votes
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Psalms 136:1027 votes
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Exodus 20:1322 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
Amos 1:1322 votes
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
Psalms 137:8-921 votes
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
2 Kings 16:320 votes
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
2 Kings 21:620 votes
And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
Matthew 2:1620 votes
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Hosea 9:11-1614 votes
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
What does the Bible say about infanticide?
Readers most often cite Matthew 2:16-18 on the subject of infanticide. Across 714 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 7:19, Exodus 1:15-16, Jeremiah 31:15. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.