Dictionary of Bible Themes The deliberate taking of one's own life, a rare occurrence in Scripture. Matthew 27:5Psychological causes of suicide See also A sense of guilt leads to suicide Acts 1:18-191 Samuel 31:4 See also Defeat leads to suicide 1 Samuel 31:5-62 Samuel 1:9; 17:23 1 Kings 16:18 pp 1Ch 10:4-5 Judges 16:26-302 Samuel 17:23 Defiance leads to suicide Acts 16:27Failure leads to attempted suicide 1 Kings 19:3-4Desire for death is more frequently expressed in the Bible than actual suicide See also The desire for death in a prophet's depression Jeremiah 15:10; 20:14-18Jonah 4:1-3 Job 10:1 A desire for death does not lead to taking of one's own life, but to entrusting the place and time of one's death to the Lord. See also The desire for death arising from grief and pain Job 3:1-4; 7:15-16Revelation 9:6 See also The desire for death because of judgment Hosea 10:8Revelation 6:16 Ecclesiastes 2:17 Life hated because of its apparent futility See also Psalms 90:8-10Ecclesiastes 4:1-3 Job 10:12 Suicide usurps God's sovereignty over life See also God is Creator, and thus has authority over his creation Genesis 2:7,17Psalms 90:1-10; 139:13-15 Job 1:21 See also God controls life and death Exodus 23:25-26Deuteronomy 32:39 Job 30:23 Ecclesiastes 8:8 Luke 12:22-25 Hebrews 9:27 Exodus 20:13 Taking life, including one's own, is sin See also Leviticus 19:18God's command that believers love themselves is violated by suicide Matthew 22:39Ephesians 5:29 Matthew 7:12 God's command that believers should love others is violated by suicide See also Relatives and friends are hurt when a loved one commits suicide. 5040 murder5331 hanging 5831 depression 6172 guilt 9020 death |
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