What does the Bible say about suicide?

12 verses about suicide, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

7 booksMost in 1 Corinthians

Bible verses about suicide

Ecclesiastes 7:17 — Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? 9 votes
1 Corinthians 3:16 — Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 9 votes
Psalms 34:17 — The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 5 votes
Jeremiah 29:11 — 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. 4 votes
Proverbs 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 3 votes
1 Corinthians 6:19 — 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? 3 votes
Exodus 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill. 2 votes
Psalms 13:2 — How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 2 votes
Psalms 147:3 — He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 2 votes
John 12:25 — He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 3:17 — If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 6:20 — For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. 2 votes