What does the Bible say about committing suicide?
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The Bible teaches that taking one’s own life violates God’s gift of life and his command not to murder, yet no sin is beyond the mercy of Christ for those who trust in him. Exodus 20:13 affirms life’s sacredness, while 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 calls believers to honor God with their bodies. Scripture also speaks tenderly to the despairing: believers may cast every anxiety on God because he cares for them (1 Peter 5:7). Those burdened by suicidal thoughts should seek immediate help from trusted Christians, family, medical professionals, or emergency services. God receives repentant sinners through Christ, forgiving those who confess their sins (1 John 1:9), and gives eternal life to all who believe in him (John 5:24).
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- 1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17
Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
[19] Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, [20] for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
- Exodus 20:13
"You shall not murder.
- 1 Peter 5:7
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?
- Proverbs 8:36
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."
- John 5:24
"Most assuredly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- Revelation 21:8
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
- 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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