Topic
Suicide
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Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →
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.
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? — read the full passage →
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? — read the full passage →
Thou shalt not kill.
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. — read the full passage →
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. — read the full passage →
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; — read the full passage →
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. — read the full passage →
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. — read the full passage →
Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, — read the full passage →
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. — read the full passage →
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. — read the full passage →
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. — read the full passage →
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: — read the full passage →
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. — read the full passage →
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. — read the full passage →
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. — read the full passage →
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; — read the full passage →
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication. — read the full passage →
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. — read the full passage →
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. — read the full passage →
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: — read the full passage →
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. — read the full passage →
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. — read the full passage →
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? — read the full passage →
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. — read the full passage →
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: — read the full passage →
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. — read the full passage →
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: — read the full passage →
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. — read the full passage →
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. — read the full passage →
For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. — read the full passage →
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. — read the full passage →
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: — read the full passage →
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, — read the full passage →
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. — read the full passage →
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: — read the full passage →
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. — read the full passage →
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. — read the full passage →
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. — read the full passage →
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. — read the full passage →
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