Bible Verses About Suicide
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for suicide, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 21,984 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Suicide
1 Corinthians 3:16-171,959 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Ecclesiastes 7:171,931 votes
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Psalms 34:17-201,194 votes
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Jeremiah 29:11795 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.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20754 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?
Proverbs 3:5-6657 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
1 Corinthians 3:17446 votes
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Psalms 147:3432 votes
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Psalms 13:2-4404 votes
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Exodus 20:13372 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
1 Corinthians 6:20358 votes
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
John 12:25357 votes
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Romans 8:38-39342 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
John 10:10331 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 Samuel 17:23329 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 10:13314 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Deuteronomy 30:19303 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:
John 10:28302 votes
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Isaiah 41:10253 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Revelation 9:6218 votes
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Mark 16:16215 votes
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
2 Corinthians 12:9209 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.
Psalms 55:22205 votes
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Romans 12:2195 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 5:2-8176 votes
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
What does the Bible say about suicide?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 on the subject of suicide. Across 21,984 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 7:17, Psalms 34:17-20, Jeremiah 29:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.