What the Bible Says About Life

Bible Verses to Support a Biblical Pro-Life Position

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
– Job 33:4

Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
– Job 31:15

Truly children are a gift from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Psalm 127:3

Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 20:13, Deuteronomy 5:17

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb called me by his grace, …
Galatians 1:15

You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
Job 10:12

Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
Psalm 127:3

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:13-16

The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:4-5

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.”
Luke 1:41-44

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Luke 12: 6-7

This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.
Deuteronomy 30:19

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
– Genesis 1:27

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
– Isaiah 49:16

Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
– Psalm 119:73