Bible Quotes About Abortion
Abortion is a deeply controversial topic that raises ethical, moral, and religious questions. For those seeking guidance from the Bible, there are various verses that address the sanctity of life and the value of unborn children. Here are 50 Bible verses that touch upon the topic of abortion:
1. Exodus 20:13 – “You shall not murder.”
2. Psalm 139:13-16 – “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.”
3. Jeremiah 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I set you apart.”
4. Isaiah 49:1 – “The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.”
5. Luke 1:41 – “And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb.”
6. Proverbs 6:16-17 – “There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.”
7. Psalm 127:3 – “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.”
8. Job 31:15 – “Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?”
9. Genesis 1:27 – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”
10. Deuteronomy 27:25 – “Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.”
11. Matthew 19:14 – “But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.'”
12. Isaiah 44:24 – “Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: ‘I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself.'”
13. Psalm 22:9-10 – “Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.”
14. Hosea 9:14 – “Give them, O Lord—what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.”
15. Psalm 106:37-38 – “They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.”
16. Luke 1:44 – “For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.”
17. Jeremiah 20:17 – “Because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb forever great.”
18. Genesis 9:6 – “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.”
19. Psalm 51:5 – “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
20. Leviticus 20:2 – “Say to the people of Israel, Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death.”
21. Isaiah 13:16 – “Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.”
22. Mark 10:14 – “But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.'”
23. Psalm 58:3-5 – “The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies. They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.”
24. Deuteronomy 5:17 – “You shall not murder.”
25. Psalm 106:35, 38 – “But they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.”
26. Jeremiah 20:18 – “Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?”
27. Isaiah 46:3 – “Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb.”
28. Jeremiah 32:35 – “They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.”
29. Psalm 106:37 – “They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.”
30. Proverbs 24:11-12 – “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?”
31. Psalm 51:10 – “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”
32. Jeremiah 1:4-5 – “Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘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.'”
33. Isaiah 49:5 – “And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him—for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength.”
34. Psalm 22:9 – “Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.”
35. Job 10:8-12 – “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.”
36. Isaiah 49:15 – “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.”
37. Ecclesiastes 11:5 – “As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.”
38. Luke 1:15 – “For he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.”
39. Psalm 100:3 – “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.”
40. Genesis 25:21-22 – “And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 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.”
41. Psalm 139:13 – “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.”
42. Jeremiah 20:14-18 – “Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed! Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, ‘A son is born to you,’ making him very glad. Let that man be like the cities that the Lord overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noon, because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb forever great. Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?”
43. Exodus 21:22-25 – “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.”
44. Psalm 113:9 – “He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!”
45. Luke 2:21 – “And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”
46. Luke 1:41-44 – “And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.'”
47. Psalm 139:15 – “My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.”
48. Job 3:16 – “Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light?”
49. Matthew 1:18 – “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.”
50. Genesis 9:6 – “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.”
In conclusion, the Bible contains numerous verses that emphasize the sanctity of life and the value of unborn children. These verses make it clear that God recognizes life in the womb and condemns the shedding of innocent blood. As individuals navigate the complex issue of abortion, it is important to consider these biblical teachings and seek guidance from God in making moral decisions.