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    And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.... Genesis 1:26

    Thou shalt not kill. Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17

    I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 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, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:14-16 (NIV)

    Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Isaiah 49:15

    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

    Children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Psalm 127:3

    There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 16:25

    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. Luke 1:41

    But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb,and called me by his grace.... Galatians 1:15

Forgiveness for Aborting a Baby

    Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1: 16-18

    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7

    But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7

    And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. John 8:11

ABUSE.

For the Abused Person

    Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

    "I sought the Lord and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame." Psalm 34:4, 5 (NIV)

    Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7

    Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength. Isaiah 26: 4, 5

    Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5, 6

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:11 (NIV)

For the Abusive Person

    Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.... So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth it and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church. Ephesians 5:25, 28, 29

    Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NIV)

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22, 23

    Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 1 Peter 3:7

accountability.

    So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Romans 14:12

    For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men. 2 Corinthians 8:21 (NIV)

    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10

    Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Proverbs 27:17

    But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12:36, 37

    Obey them that have rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account.... Hebrews 13:17

    And he said also unto his disciples, there was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship.... Luke 16:1, 2

    "When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak out to dissuade him from his ways, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man to turn from his ways and he does not do so, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved yourself." Ezekiel 33:8, 9 (NIV)

adultery.

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14

    "'If a man commits adultery with another man's wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.'" Leviticus 20:10 (NIV)

    But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. Proverbs 6:32 (NIV)

    Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:27, 28

    Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. Luke 16:18

    And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. Mark 10:12

    Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind ... shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10

    Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4

    For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.... Matthew 15:19

    He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Proverbs 28:13

    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

    ... Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. John 8:11

ALCOHOL.

    Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Proverbs 20:1

    ... He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. Proverbs 21:17

    Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor.... Proverbs 23:20, 21 (NIV)

    Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! Isaiah 5:11

    Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babblings? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? they that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Proverbs 23:29, 30

    Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. Luke 21:34 (NIV)

    Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness.... Romans 13:13

    Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10 (NIV)

    Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:21

    And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit.... Ephesians 5:18

    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice ... 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 12:1, 2

    If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36

ambition.

    Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 (NIV)

    For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26

    Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daffy life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. 1 Thessalonians 4:11, 12 (NIV)

    For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. James 3:16 (NIV)

anger.

    A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. Proverbs 29:11 (NIV)

    He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. Proverbs 14:17

    He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he that is hasty of spirit oxalteth folly. Proverbs 14:29

    Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. Psalm 37:8

    A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. Proverbs 15:18

    Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment.... Matthew 5:21, 22

    A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1

    Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Ephesians 4:26, 27

    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice.... Ephesians 4:31

    Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. Proverbs 22:24, 25