Euthanasia, sometimes called “mercy killing,” can be a difficult issue. On one hand, we do not want to take a person’s life into our own hands and end it prematurely.
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment. | Hebrews 9:27
And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” | Job 1:21
And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. | Genesis 9:5-6
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. | Matthew 10:28
Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time? | Ecclesiastes 7:17
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. | Matthew 11:28
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. | 1 Corinthians 3:16-17
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted. | Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up. | Ecclesiastes 3:1-3
For I know that you will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living. | Job 30:23
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. | 2 Corinthians 5:10
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. | Ecclesiastes 3:1
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. | 2 Corinthians 4:17
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. | Psalm 36:9
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. | Philippians 1:21
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. | Revelation 21:4
In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. | Job 12:10
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. | Romans 12:1
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. | Romans 5:3-5
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. | Proverbs 19:21
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. | 1 Corinthians 10:13
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. | 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it. | Ecclesiastes 8:8
O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am. | Psalm 39:4
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. | Deuteronomy 32:39
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it. | 1 Samuel 31:4
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. | Genesis 9:6
You shall not murder. | Exodus 20:13
Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. | Psalm 139:16
Euthanasia is wrong because God says it is wrong. Instead he points us to a better way, offering hope, love and compassionate care.