Favorite Pro-life Scripture Quotes

[johnq]

What are some good scripture qoutes supporting life. I am trying to help a protestant friend.

Psalms 126

3 Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

Luke 1

44 For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.

Thank you for your help.

 

[StephanieC]

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…”

 

[RomanRyan1088]

StephanieC:

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…”

I second this one.

 

[johnq]

I looked up womb in a Catholic concordance. Here are the ones I liked.

drbo.org/

Genesis 25
22 But the children struggled in her womb: and she said: If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive? And she went to consult the Lord.

Genesis 25

24 And when her time was come to be delivered, behold twins were found in her womb.

Genesis 38

27 And when she was ready to be brought to bed, there appeared twins in her womb: and in the very delivery of the infants, one put forth a hand, whereon the midwife tied a scarlet thread, saying:

Numbers 12

12 Let her not be as one dead, and as an abortive that is cast forth from the mother’s womb. Lo, now one half of her flesh is consumed with the leprosy.

Judges 13

5 Because thou shalt conceive and bear a son, and no razor shall touch his head: for he shall be a Nazarite of God, from his infancy, and from his mother’s womb, and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

Judges 16

17 Then opening the truth of the thing, he said to her: The razor hath never come upon my head, for I am a Nazarite, that is to say, consecrated to God from my mother’s womb: if my head be shaven, my strength shall depart from me, and I shall become weak, and shall be like other men.

Psalms 70

6 By thee have I been confirmed from the womb: from my mother’s womb thou art my protector. Of thee shall I continually sing:

 

[AmyS]

My Psalms signature below.

 

[larry_j]

Yo JohnQ

I used the Luke 1:44 “For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears the infant in my womb leaped for joy.” quote once on an obvious pro-death kind of forum and the best they could come up with was the Elizabeth was in her 2nd trimester…like it really made a difference to them (they seemed oblivious to the reson for the joy…the Christ child unborn). I guess they hear what they want to hear…I think the king James version or one of the other protestant bibles has something like the babe lept for joy…didn’t find any quotes about the fetal tissue jumping…

 

[Didi]

Psalm 83: 3-4
“Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Exodus 20:13
“Thou shalt not kill.”

Psalm 139:13
“For Thou didst form my inward parts, Thou didst knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

 

[dominosNbiscuts]

I like the one inscribed on a plaque hanging right over the entrance to our church nursery:

…We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed …
(1 Cor 15:51)

 

[tkelly]

Since you are on the topic of scriptural support for the Church’s prolife stance, I question on a problematic passage in the Old Testament. The passeage is Exodus 21:22-23 and am wondering if any one is aware of how the Church interprets this given its long held position that life begins at conception:

“When men have a fight and hurt a pregnant woman, so that she suffers a miscarriage, but no further injury, the guilty one shall be fined as much as the woman’s husband demands of him, and he shall pay in the presence of the judges. But if injury ensues, you shall give life for life,” New American Bible.

This passage implies that causing the death of the fetus is not the same as the taking of a “life,” (and hence not invoking the “life for a life” penalty)?

Any information on how the Church deals with this passage would be appreciated.

Terry Kelly
Bloomington, IL

 

[AveSantaMaria]

Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. Isaiah 49: 15

 

[AveSantaMaria]

Since you are on the topic of scriptural support for the Church’s prolife stance, I question on a problematic passage in the Old Testament. The passeage is Exodus 21:22-23 and am wondering if any one is aware of how the Church interprets this given its long held position that life begins at conception:

“When men have a fight and hurt a pregnant woman, so that she suffers a miscarriage, but no further injury, the guilty one shall be fined as much as the woman’s husband demands of him, and he shall pay in the presence of the judges. But if injury ensues, you shall give life for life,” New American Bible.

This passage implies that causing the death of the fetus is not the same as the taking of a “life,” (and hence not invoking the “life for a life” penalty)?

Any information on how the Church deals with this passage would be appreciated.

Terry Kelly
Bloomington, IL

Here is the Cathechism of the Catholic Church on Abortion:
Link: vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a5.htm

Some excerpts

Abortion
2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.
2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.
2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. “A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae”, by the very commission of the offense," and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law. The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.
2273 The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation:
2274 Since it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.

 

[Nita]

Since you are on the topic of scriptural support for the Church’s prolife stance, I question on a problematic passage in the Old Testament. The passeage is Exodus 21:22-23 and am wondering if any one is aware of how the Church interprets this given its long held position that life begins at conception:

“When men have a fight and hurt a pregnant woman, so that she suffers a miscarriage, but no further injury, the guilty one shall be fined as much as the woman’s husband demands of him, and he shall pay in the presence of the judges. But if injury ensues, you shall give life for life,” New American Bible.

This passage implies that causing the death of the fetus is not the same as the taking of a “life,” (and hence not invoking the “life for a life” penalty)?

Any information on how the Church deals with this passage would be appreciated.

Terry Kelly
Bloomington, IL

I would say it would not compare to murder, because the intent was not to take the life of the child/embryo/fetus.
I’m not sure what Mosaic regulations were in regard to the accidental taking of another’s life - where there was no malice toward the one who lost their life. (Manslaughter versus murder)

Edit note: Did some searching and found the following:
Numbers 35:11-12 "then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there. The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
The person was not considered a murderer, and manslaughter was treated differently than murder.

 

[LilyM]

I would say it would not compare to murder, because the intent was not to take the life of the child/embryo/fetus.
I’m not sure what Mosaic regulations were in regard to the accidental taking of another’s life - where there was no malice toward the one who lost their life. (Manslaughter versus murder)

Edit note: Did some searching and found the following:
Numbers 35:11-12 "then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there. The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
The person was not considered a murderer, and manslaughter was treated differently than murder.

I’d agree with this one - in fact the intent was not even to hit the woman at all, let alone to injure her or the unborn child. The death was an unintended consequence of the fight, therefore the guilt is less. (Like Nita says, manslaughter v murder)

 

[Marquette]

Genesis 25:23 “And the Lord said to her (Rebekah), two nations are in thy womb.”

When a baby is aborted is it not just that life that is ended but the lives of all those who would have been the progeny of that child.

 

[stbruno]

“Woman, Behold Your Son” (John 19:26)

It’s the 3rd Station of the Cross but it also reveals the power of what is revealed to every woman who carries a child within her womb.

So let’s embrace our children, not abort them.