What you can do if you feel suicidal:
- Call 9 1 1 or go to your local emergency room.
- Call a friend, a family member, doctor, pastor, church, or counselor immediately and tell that person you’re feeling suicidal.
- Call a suicide helpline 24/7 like 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Put this phone number into your contacts list to have with you at any time.
What does the Bible say about Suicide? What Do I Do With Thoughts of Suicide?
Exodus 20:13 (NKJV) “You shall not murder.”
Job 3:20–23 (NKJV) “Why is light given to him who is in misery, And life to the bitter of soul, Who long for death, but it does not come, And search for it more than hidden treasures; Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad when they can find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?”
Psalm 30:5 (NKJV) “For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.”
Psalm 139:13–16 (NKJV) “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.”
Matthew 11:28 (NKJV) “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Luke 18:1 (NKJV) “Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,”
Romans 14:7 (NKJV) “For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.”
Romans 14:8 (NKJV) “For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.”
1 Corinthians 6:19 (NKJV) “Or 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?”
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
Philippians 4:6–7 (NKJV) “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
1 Peter 5:6–7 (NKJV) “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”
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