does the bible say anything about suicide?

Question

if so what and where?

Answer 1

judas killed himself after he betrayed Christ.
ten commandments thou shalt not kill.

Answer 2

Theologically, no.

Historically, the last one I can think of was Judas Iscariot, and Jesus had condemned him before the suicide.

If this is a question about it being an 'unforgivable' sin, that is purely an old Catholic tradition dependent on the need to confess your sins through a priest instead of directly to God (though many still believe that it is still an unconfessable sin).

EDIT:
Love all the Ten Commandment references... people need to stop reading the dang book and start actually trying to figure out what it means.

If you want to know if someone can regret the decision to take their own life, read "Suicide and the Soul" by James Hillman... it's like a collection of memoirs of people who have survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. They each talk about what went through their minds for the whole 4 second trip to the water's surface.

The only other Biblical suicide that readily jumps to mind is that of King Saul, at the end of I Samuel.

Answer 3

I'm with SDW, not for Star Wars fan but on the possibility that people who go through suicide may get enough time to repent. However, no one but God will know if the person was able to repent or not.

If not, he will add the sin or murdering himself/herself to the list and then facing God.

Events of suicide in the Bible:
* Judas
* king Saul
* The servant of king Saul
Maybe more.

Answer 4

I don't think the Bible says anything about suicide.

Some people think that " Thou shalt not kill" includes killing oneself.

I am not their judge. They have problems. God is Kind and loving.

I have a brother that committed suicide. Don't take your own life it hurts everyone. And there may be consequences in heaven.

Answer 5

Very few would argue with the fact that suicide is a direct breaking of the Sixth Commandment which is, "You shall not murder." We are not to murder each other or ourselves. God created human beings in His image and each of us carries within us the potential to overcome the evil in this world, and to rule and reign with Christ in heavenly places. If we are Christians, we no longer belong to ourselves, but to God. We are overseers of our bodies and our lives (which belong to Him), and we are responsible to guard that which has been entrusted to us.

Many of the greatest saints and heroes of the Bible faced overwhelming depression and sometimes wrote that they wished they had never even been born. King David, (Psalm 13:2-4), the prophet Jeremiah, (Jeremiah 20:14-18), and Job, (Job 7:15-16) among others, all reached low points where they despaired of their very lives.

"Do not be a fool--why die before your time?" (Ecclesiastes 7:17)

Answer 6

Life itself is a gift from God so in my opinion, it's a sin to take your own life.

What does the Bible say about suicide? See the following link:
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-dml/dml-y038.html

Passages in the Bible which discuss suicide. See the following link: http://www.religioustolerance.org/sui_bibl.htm

What does the Bible say about suicide? See the following links: http://bible.com/bibleanswers_result.php?id=228
http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/suicide.shtml

Answer 7

I'm concerned by the fact that you're asking this question; are you thinking about commiting suicide? I do not know the exact verse, but what it says is that we are cowards not to heal ourselves, therefore to take our own life.
The thing of it is is that when we do that, we are saying to God this: "God, I am just too sad a case for you to fix." The sin of it is that we gave up on God. A God who has said that He can raise us from the dead. What else can He not do?
We starve ourselves of putting our faith in God and His ability to help us. John 3:16 says "For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have eternal life."

Answer 8

How can one murder one's self? That makes absolutely no sense. Look up the definition of murder and you'll see there are two people involved. Some people are insensitive. I don't recall anything specific to suicide other than the death of Judas.

That first part wasn't directed at you, it went to fireball

Answer 9

Besides the Bible saying Thou shalt not kill
I Corinthians also says "do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. "
Basicly you should not kill, yourself or anyone. to back that up I Corinthians shows that God views us as His...Would you want someone else taking a knife to your property? No this isn't a whole lot of difference. God created us in his image in his likeness and then sent his son to pay our debts for sin. You shouldn't damage others property.

Answer 10

Thou Shall not kill

includes yourself - on both sides of the equation

Answer 11

go shoot ya self god said u shall not harm thy temple and the body is your temple and so being u shall not kil ya self though i think u should for the good fo the world and all of our average iq point will go up a few