Bible verses about "infanticide" | Godbey

Matthew 2:16-18

16 Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked by the wise men, became exceedingly angry; and having sent forth, he slew all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its boundaries, from two years old and under, according to the time which he inquired with the wise men. 17 Then the word having been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying: 18 A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children; and was not willing to be comforted, because they are not.

Acts 7:19

19 He dealing fraudulently with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their infants, so that they should not live.

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