Bible Verses About Killing Yourself
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for killing yourself, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,411 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Killing Yourself
1 Corinthians 6:19-20242 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 20:13179 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
Romans 12:19113 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Romans 10:13110 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Revelation 21:8100 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.
2 Samuel 17:2375 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.
1 John 1:973 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 12:162 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.
Ephesians 2:1062 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
John 14:1558 votes
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Luke 10:2756 votes
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Jeremiah 1:555 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Luke 20:3655 votes
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
1 John 4:154 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Matthew 27:3-552 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,
1 Thessalonians 4:13-1851 votes
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Hebrews 2:1451 votes
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
John 10:1050 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.
2 Thessalonians 1:949 votes
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Ecclesiastes 7:1748 votes
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
1 Corinthians 3:16-1748 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Kings 16:1846 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 4:745 votes
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Judges 9:5443 votes
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
2 Thessalonians 2:14-1543 votes
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
What does the Bible say about killing yourself?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 on the subject of killing yourself. Across 3,411 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 20:13, Romans 12:19, Romans 10:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.