23 Bible Verses about Age, Span Of Life
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Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Thine eyes did see my substance yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which were then formed, without lacking one of them.
and ye do not know what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? Certainly it is a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Ye ought to say instead, If the Lord wills, and if we live, we shall do this or that.
and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, and he died.
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for certainly he is flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
And these were the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, one hundred seventy-five years.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the whole age of Jacob was one hundred forty-seven years.
The days of our years are seventy, and of the most valiant eighty years, yet their strength is labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? I am this day eighty years old, and shall I tell the difference between the good and the bad? Shall thy slave enjoy what I eat or what I drink? Shall I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should thy slave be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
And it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years according to the days of one king; after the end of seventy years Tyre shall sing as a harlot.
LORD, make me to know my end and the measure of my days, what it is that I may know how long I am to be of this world. Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before thee; verily every man that lives is altogether vanity. Selah. Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them.
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Thou dost turn unto man until he is broken and thou saith, Become converted, ye sons of Adam. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night. Thou dost cause them to pass by as the waters of a river; they are as a dream, which is strong in the morning like grass.read more.
In the morning it blossoms and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers.
The fear of the LORD shall prolong days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
My son, forget not my law, but let thine heart keep my commandments: For they shall add length of days and long life and peace unto thee.
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- Span (16 instances)