33 Bible Verses About Sanctity of Life

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not kill.

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

Thine 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.