What Does the Bible Say About Lay Down His Life?

John 15:13 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 10:17-18 ESV / 22 helpful votes

For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

Romans 5:7-8 ESV / 19 helpful votes

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 3:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Ephesians 5:1-33 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ...

Romans 8:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

John 10:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Philippians 1:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.

John 13:38 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

Luke 12:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

1 John 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 15:12-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Luke 22:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Matthew 1:1-28:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, ...

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 12:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

John 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

Luke 23:43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 8:36-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

Matthew 6:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

1 Samuel 20:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?” And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.” But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.” Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.” David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening. ...

Genesis 37:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.”

Hebrews 9:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.

John 15:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

34 Bible Verses about Lay Down His Life

John 15:13 ESV / 30 helpful votes

John 10:17-18 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Romans 5:7-8 ESV / 19 helpful votes

1 John 3:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:1-33 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Romans 8:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes

John 10:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Philippians 1:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 13:38 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 12:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 15:12-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 22:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 1:1-28:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 8:36-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 20:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 37:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 15:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Lay Down His Life

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John 10:17-18 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Philippians 1:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 15:13 ESV / 30 helpful votes

John 10:17-18 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Romans 5:7-8 ESV / 19 helpful votes

1 John 3:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:1-33 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Romans 8:2 ESV / 13 helpful votes

John 10:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Philippians 1:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 13:38 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 12:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 15:12-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 22:44 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 1:1-28:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 23:43 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 8:36-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 20:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 37:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 15:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote