Christians are often asked to explain why they are motivated to save the lives of God's children. They are also challenged by those from the pro-abortion side who state that the Bible actually approves of abortion!

Now listed below, are references for you to use in your work with those who would pray, but would not act on behalf of the children of God.


Old Testament

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

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
-- Genesis 9:6 KJV

Thou shalt not kill.
-- Exodus 20:13 KJV

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
-- Exodus 23:7 KJV

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
-- Numbers 35:33 KJV

Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
-- Deuteronomy 27:25 KJV

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
--Job 31:15 KJV

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.
-- Psalms 71:6 KJV

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
-- Psalms 94:21 KJV

And shed innocent blood, [even] the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
-- Psalms 106:38 KJV

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
-- Psalms 39:13 -16 KJV

<<A Song of degrees for Solomon.>> Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain. [It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward. As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth. Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
-- Psalms 127 KJV

These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
-- Proverbs 6:16-19 KJV

If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
-- Proverbs 24:11-12 KJV

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
-- Isaiah 5:20-21 KJV

Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I [am] the LORD that maketh all [things]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
-- Isaiah 44:24 KJV

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
-- Isaiah 49:1 KJV

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.
-- Isaiah 59:7 KJV

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
-- Jeremiah 1:5 KJV

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
-- Amos 1:13 KJV


New Testament

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just [man], and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
-- Matthew 1:18-20 KJV

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
-- Matthew 18:10 KJV

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
-- Luke 1:15 KJV

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb. And whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
-- Luke 1:39-44 KJV

(the first to recognise Jesus as the Messiah or Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was an unborn baby.)

And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac; (For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
-- Romans 9:10-13 KJV

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
-- Romans 12:2 KJV

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
-- I Corintians 6:19-20 KJV

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
-- Galatians 1:15-16 KJV

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
-- Galatians 6:7 KJV


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