What Does the Bible Say About Right To Life?

Leviticus 24:17 ESV / 19 helpful votes

“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

“You shall not murder.

Proverbs 24:11-12 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?

Deuteronomy 27:25 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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.

Numbers 35:33 ESV / 10 helpful votes

You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Genesis 9:5-6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 8 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,

Psalm 82:3-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

John 10:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Luke 1:41 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 18:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Numbers 35:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

James 2:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

Galatians 1:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,

Job 10:8-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 5 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.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Luke 18:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Luke 2:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Psalm 100:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Hosea 13:16 ESV / 2 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.

Genesis 25:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”

29 Bible Verses about Right To Life

Leviticus 24:17 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:11-12 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 27:25 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Numbers 35:33 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Genesis 9:5-6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Psalm 82:3-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 1:41 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 18:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Numbers 35:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 2:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Galatians 1:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Job 10:8-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 18:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 2:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 100:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hosea 13:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 25:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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29 Bible Verses about Right To Life

Leviticus 24:17 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 35:33 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Genesis 2:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 82:3-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 1:41 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 18:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Leviticus 24:17 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Proverbs 24:11-12 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 27:25 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Numbers 35:33 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Genesis 9:5-6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Psalm 82:3-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 1:41 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 18:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Numbers 35:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 2:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Galatians 1:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Job 10:8-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 18:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 2:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 100:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hosea 13:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 25:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes