{"id":47096,"date":"2025-12-27T05:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T05:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=47096"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:22:20","slug":"bible-verses-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/bible-verses-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Bijbelverzen over zelfmoord"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Bible records several people who took their own lives and several who asked God to let them die. Saul (1 Samuel 31:4), Ahithophel (2 Samuel 17:23) and Judas (Matthew 27:5) died by their own hand. Elijah (1 Kings 19:4), Job (Job 6:8-9) and Jonah (Jonah 4:3) prayed to die, and each lived on. Genesis 9:5 says God will demand an accounting for human life, and Psalm 139:13-16 says he formed each person before birth. 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