Suicide
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General scriptures concerning
Amos 9:2; Rev 9:6
2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Amos 9:26 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Revelation 9:6 -
Temptation to, of Jesus
Matt 4:5, 6; Luke 4:9, 10, 11
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Matthew 4:56 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Matthew 4:69 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
Luke 4:910 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
Luke 4:1011 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Luke 4:11 -
Of the Philippian jailer
Acts 16:27
27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
Acts 16:27 - See Death, desired
- Instances of
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Samson
Judg 16:29, 30
29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
Judges 16:2930 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
Judges 16:30 -
Saul and his armor-bearer
1 Sam 31:4, 5; 1 Chr 10:4, 5
4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
1 Samuel 31:45 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
1 Samuel 31:54 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
1 Chronicles 10:45 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
1 Chronicles 10:5 -
Ahithophel
2 Sam 17:23
23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
2 Samuel 17:23 -
Zimri
1 Kgs 16:18
18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
1 Kings 16:18 -
Judas
Matt 27:5; Acts 1:18
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:518 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Acts 1:18
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
