20 Bible Verses about Living On

And Moses went, and he returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and he said to him, "Please let me go, and let me return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and let me see whether they [are] yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."

And they spoke to him, saying, "Joseph [is] still alive, and he [is] ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart {went numb}, because he did not believe him.

And Israel said, "[It is] enough. Joseph my son [is] still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die since I have seen your face, for you are still alive."

So they tied sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads. Then they went to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-Hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" And he said, "[Is] my brother still alive?"

And they said, "The man asked explicitly about us and about our family, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?' And we answered him according to these words. How could we know that he would say, 'Bring down your brother'?"

And {he greeted them} and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"

Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I [am] Joseph! Is my father still alive?" And his brothers were unable to answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

And they said, "Your servant our father [is] well; he is still alive." And they knelt and bowed down.

But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh lived from [among] the men who went to explore the land.

Elijah then took the child and brought him down from the upper room to the house and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, "Look, your son [is] alive."

Now [as] he was going down, his slaves met him, saying that his child was alive.

But Paul went down [and] threw himself on him, and putting his arms around [him], said, "Do not be distressed, for his life is in him."

And [as for] the remainder of the beasts, {their dominion was taken away}, but a prolongation {of their life} was given to them for a season and a time.

Though I sow them among the nations, in the distant places they will remember me, and they will stay alive with their children, and they will return.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain until the Lord's coming, will not possibly precede those who have fallen asleep.

Then we who are alive, who remain, will be snatched away at the same time together with them in the clouds for a meeting with the Lord in the air, and thus we will be together with the Lord always.

because now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

as unknown and [yet] known completely, as dying, and behold, we go on living, as disciplined, and [yet] not put to death,

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies [as] a living sacrifice, holy [and] pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service.