The value and sanctity of human life are emphasized throughout Scripture, guiding believers' understanding of end-of-life issues. In Ecclesiastes, the preacher notes that wisdom is not about seeking to shorten one's life, but rather living in accordance with God's timing, as seen in Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 and 7:17. The apostle Paul reminds Christians that their bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, belonging to God, in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Additionally, Exodus 20:13 and Ecclesiastes 8:8 underscore the importance of respecting the gift of life, entrusted by God, and not taking it into human hands.
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Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Do you not know that you yourselves 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.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.