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Bible Verses About Suicide
Find Bible verses about suicide — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about suicide?
The Bible addresses suicide with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Matthew 27:5
“He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.”
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1 Samuel 31:4
“Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me!" But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.”
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1 Kings 16:18
“It happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,”
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Acts 16:27
“The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.”
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