Bible Verses about “abortion”
The Bible contains 50 verses about abortion across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.”
“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”
“For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.”
“As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.”
“Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. A Song of Ascents.”
“My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.”
“Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.”
“There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:”
“haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;”
“a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.”
“a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,”
“"You shall not murder.”
“being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,”
“Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;”
“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”
“covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.”
“For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,”
“backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,”
“who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.”
“without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;”
“If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;”
“Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.”
“How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!”
“He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.”
“All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."”
“Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?”
“If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.”
“For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.”
“If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!”
“Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.”
“See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.”
“Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.”
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
“You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.”
“You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.”
“even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.”
“He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'”
“If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"”
“You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.”
“This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.”
“If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!”
“For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.”
“Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?”
“I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.”
“Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”
“eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,”
“burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.”
“I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.”
“I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;”
“As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know the work of God who does all.”