Can someone give me biblical evidence that if you kill yourself you will go to Hell?

Question

Me and my husband have been debating this. I wont go into who believes what...but can someone please just tell me what the Bible says about suicide? Any and all answers will be accepted. Even if you do not believe in a God please leave your opinion

Answer 1

the bible does say thou shall not kill, but it does not address suicide.

Answer 2

As far as Biblical evidence, there is no verse that says that if you kill yourself you won't get to heaven.

That said, The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" includes yourself. So, if in your right mind, you kill yourself, you are comitting a major sin.

Also note that many people who kill themselves do so in a period of mental illness, usually with depression, Bipolar disorder, or some such disease. These people are obviously not in thier right minds, and as such, most wouldn't hold these people accountable for their actions.

Then, according to Christian teaching, the only requirement to get into heaven is faith in Christ. No-one would argue that people with faith in Christ never suffer from illness. Mental illness is one such, so it could be said that a true Christian, suffering from a mental illness might take their life. The cause of death was ultimately the illness, and not a reasonable action of a sane person. In this case, suicide, it would seem, is not an action that would warrant damnation.

On the other hand, it may be that a sane person would take their own life. Such might happen after debts that could not be repaid, or after having an affair, or from some other consequence a person is trying to escape from. This is taking a life as an act of cowardice. Would such a person be in a position where they are honestly trusting their God? I can't judge, but this would be a much more questionable position.

The true test is whether the person who commits this action has actually placed their trust in Christ. That being the requirement for salvation, the final question is whether a person who has done so can commit such an act. I pose that if they are suffering from mental illness, they still may.

--Dee

Answer 3

The Bible says God does not look as man does. God looks at the heart. Samson prayed for the strength to kill the Philistines and himself and that prayer was answered. People that commit suicide are usually emotional wrecks without hope and can see no other solution. There is only one unpardonable sin and that is not it.

Answer 4

BEHOLD:suicide=s=1 u=3 i=9 c=3 i=9 d=4 e=5 comes to 34 thee end t=2 h=8 e=5 e=5 e=5 n=5 d=4=34 1 to 9 under alpha to omega ,the first and the last ,the beginning and the end.The hell is right before you and you are so blind ,cant see its limbo after physical death,hell is in reserved for the very end ,lake of fire,a star is born when the resources on earth are gone to the dogs the unclean spirits face the second death a spiritual death of your true essences

Answer 5

I am a medium and I regularly talk to people who have passed over to the other side.
I find that sometimes when someone comes to me trying to connect to a loved one that has committed suicide they have a hard time connecting and I get great feelings of sadness.
Other times, the person in question comes through loud and clear, and quickly. They let me know, in no uncertain terms that they have made it to the other side and are doing well.
I can't say for sure that in the cases where I don't connect and I feel sadness that the person hasn't passed over.
But I can say with absolute certainty that there are a lot of people who have committed suicide that are in the same place as everyone else who has passed over.

Answer 6

There is nothing in the Word of God that says you will go to hell for killing yourself , The Word of God is clear on one thing and that is you will go to hell for rejecting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior , A Born again Person who commits suicide harms only Those that Loved and knew him

Answer 7

Ever heard of thou shalt not kill? Ever heard that the road to perdition is wide? What happens to an unrepentent sinner? Now, if your debate is about a relative or friend, know this, that you cannot be his or her judge. You don't know if through the mercy of God that person had the opportunity to truly repent, or if they were not in their right mind and therefore did not make a decision. You just cannot know. Even the person who seems nice, maybe has hidden darkness in rebellion to God. Let God be the Judge.

Answer 8

Hell as a place of eternal torment doesn't exist. Jeremiah 7:31 shows how God feels about burning children alive. We are all sinful and while it is true that a person cannot repent after committing suicide, it is not the sin that God says he will not forgive. The only sin that the Bible says will not be forgiven is blaspheming the holy spirit.

Answer 9

No physical act sends someone to Hell. Those who are not saved, of the elect, the chosen, will face judgment for their sins and suffer the penalty for their sins. For the believer, all sins are covered, past, present and future, the work is done. If a believer commits suicide, he will still be saved, yet suffer loss of reward.

Answer 10

There is absolutely none. All sins can be forgiven. Some people have gone through so much anguish they cannot take any more, and unhappily they are not drawing on the hope they have in Christ. But that doesn't mean they do not have Christ. Who are we to judge? As someone so aptly said, "There but for the grace of God go I"

Answer 11

Suicide, being a sin, is therefore forgivable if a Christian commits it: Christ died for all sins, except for the sin of unbelief. Therefore, a non-Christian is hell-bound, whether he committed suicide or not. Hardcore? Yes, but so is God in His Divine Righteousness and Justice.