Genesis 9: 6
"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in
the image of God has God made man.
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Exodus 23: 7
Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest
person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
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Proverbs 6: 16-17
16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to
him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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Psalm 127: 3-5
3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons 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 enemies in the gate.
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Psalm 113: 9
9 He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise
the LORD.
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Genesis 17: 6
I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come
from you.
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Genesis 33: 5
Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. "Who are these with
you?" he asked. Jacob answered, "They are the children God has
graciously given your servant."
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Genesis 48: 16
the Angel who has delivered me from all harm --may he bless these boys. May
they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and
may they increase greatly upon the earth."
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1 Samuel 1: 6
And because the LORD had closed her womb, her rival kept provoking her in order
to irritate her.
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Genesis 20: 17-18
17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife and
his slave girls so they could have children again, 18 for the LORD had
closed up every womb in Abimelech's household because of Abraham's wife Sarah.
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Genesis 30: 1,
22-23
1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she
became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or
I'll die!" 22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and
opened her womb. 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and
said, "God has taken away my disgrace."
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Psalm 139: 13-16
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's
womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your
works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden
from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the
depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days
ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
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Isaiah 49: 1, 5
1 Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I
was born the LORD called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name.
5 And now the LORD says-- he who formed me in the womb to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in
the eyes of the LORD and my God has been my strength--
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Jeremiah 1: 5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set
you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
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Genesis 1: 24
And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their
kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each
according to its kind." And it was so.
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Genesis 8: 17
Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you--the birds, the
animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground--so they can multiply
on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number upon it."
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Genesis 15: 4
Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir,
but a son coming from your own body will be your heir."
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Genesis 25: 26
After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was
named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
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1 Kings 8: 19
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, who is
your own flesh and blood--he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.'
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2 Kings 20: 18
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, that will be born to
you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king
of Babylon."
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1
Corinthians 15
1 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you,
which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this
gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you.
Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on
to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Peter, and then
to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of
the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have
fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be
called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the
grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I
worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with
me. 11 Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this
is what you believed. 12 But if it is preached that Christ has been
raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of
the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even
Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our
preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are
then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God
that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the
dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has
not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith
is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have
fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope
in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. 20 But Christ has
indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen
asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the
dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ
all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own turn: Christ, the
firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24 Then the
end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has
destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until
he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be
destroyed is death. 27 For he "has put everything under his
feet." Now when it says that "everything" has been put under
him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything
under Christ. 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be
made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in
all. 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are
baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people
baptized for them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every
hour? 31 I die every day--I mean that, brothers--just as surely as I
glory over you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts in
Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not
raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." 33 Do not
be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character." 34 Come back
to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are
ignorant of God--I say this to your shame. 35 But someone may ask,
"How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?"
36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a
seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body
as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39
All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another,
birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and
there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind,
and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one
kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from
star in splendor. 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead.
The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is
sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised
in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is
written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a
life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the
natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust
of the earth, the second man from heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so
are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are
those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the likeness of
the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
50 I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be
changed-- 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and
we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the
imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable
has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then
the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in
victory." 55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death,
is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin
is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let
nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because
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