Abortion

Abortion is not named in the Bible. This page lists the verses that speak to life before birth, God forming each person in the womb, children as a gift, and the shedding of innocent blood.

Formed by God in the womb

• Psalm 139:13-16
  ¹³For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. ¹⁵My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. ¹⁶Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
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• Job 31:15
  Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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• Isaiah 44:24
  Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
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• Job 10:8-12
  ⁸Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. ⁹Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? ¹⁰Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? ¹¹Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. ¹²Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
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Known and called before birth

• Jeremiah 1:5
  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
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• Isaiah 49:1
  Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
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• Galatians 1:15
  But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
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• Psalm 22:10
  I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
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Life in the womb

• Luke 1:41-44
  ⁴¹And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: ⁴²And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. ⁴³And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
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• Genesis 25:22-23
  ²²And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord. ²³And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
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Children as a gift

• Psalm 127:3
  Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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• Genesis 33:5
  And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
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Human life and innocent blood

• Genesis 1:27
  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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• Genesis 9:6
  Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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• Exodus 20:13
  Thou shalt not kill.
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• Proverbs 6:16-17
  ¹⁶These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: ¹⁷A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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• Proverbs 24:11-12
  ¹¹If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; ¹²If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
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Forgiveness

• 1 John 1:9
  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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• Psalm 103:12
  As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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See also

• Murder
• Forgiveness
• Marriage

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.