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What does the Bible say about taking your own life?

10 verses about taking your own life, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

9 booksMost in 1 Corinthians

Bible verses about taking your own life

Ecclesiastes 7:17 — Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? 16 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? 11 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. 10 votes
Genesis 9:5 — 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. 9 votes
1 John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 7 votes
Exodus 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill. 4 votes
1 Samuel 31:3 — And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 3 votes
James 1:2 — My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 votes
Job 12:10 — In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 2 votes
Mark 1:1 — The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 2 votes