What Does the Bible Say About Killing Babies?

Psalm 137:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!

Leviticus 18:21 ESV / 12 helpful votes

You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Hosea 13:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Isaiah 13:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.

Psalm 137:8-9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!

Isaiah 13:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.

1 Samuel 15:1-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. ...

Exodus 21:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Leviticus 20:2-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Say to the people of Israel, Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do at all close their eyes to that man when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death, then I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in whoring after Molech.

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Matthew 5:18-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 2:1-23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: ...

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Psalm 137:1-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres. For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! ...

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“You shall not murder.

19 Bible Verses about Killing Babies

Psalm 137:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Leviticus 18:21 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Hosea 13:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Isaiah 13:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 137:8-9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Isaiah 13:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Samuel 15:1-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 20:2-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:18-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 2:1-23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Exodus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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19 Bible Verses about Killing Babies

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Psalm 137:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Leviticus 18:21 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Hosea 13:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Isaiah 13:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 137:8-9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Isaiah 13:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Samuel 15:1-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leviticus 20:2-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:18-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 2:1-23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 137:1-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote