17 Bible Verses about Infanticide
Want to know what the Bible says about Infanticide? Here are 17 Bible verses about Infanticide from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Psalm 137:9 NIV
Happy is the one who seizes your infants
and dashes them against the rocks.
and dashes them against the rocks.
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1 Samuel 15:3 NIV
Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
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Hosea 13:16 NIV
The people of Samaria must bear their guilt,
because they have rebelled against their God.
They will fall by the sword;
their little ones will be dashed to the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open.”
because they have rebelled against their God.
They will fall by the sword;
their little ones will be dashed to the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open.”
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Isaiah 13:16 NIV
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
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2 Kings 15:16 NIV
At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
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Acts 7:19 NIV
He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.
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Exodus 12:29 NIV
At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.
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Matthew 2:16-18 NIV
16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”
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Numbers 31:17 NIV
Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,
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Exodus 1:16 NIV
“When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.”
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Psalm 135:8 NIV
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
the firstborn of people and animals.
the firstborn of people and animals.
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Psalm 136:10 NIV
to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt
His love endures forever.
His love endures forever.
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Amos 1:13 NIV
This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Ammon,
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead
in order to extend his borders,
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead
in order to extend his borders,
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2 Kings 2:23-24 NIV
23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
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Psalm 127:3-5 NIV
3 Children are a heritage from the Lord,
offspring a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are children born in one’s youth.
5 Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their opponents in court.
offspring a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are children born in one’s youth.
5 Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their opponents in court.
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Psalm 127:3 NIV
Children are a heritage from the Lord,
offspring a reward from him.
offspring a reward from him.
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Exodus 1:15-16 NIV
15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.”
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