20 Bible Verses about Living On

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

They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.

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

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

So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, "Your servant Ben Hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" He said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."

They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"

Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.

They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.

Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, "Behold, your son lives."

As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying "Your child lives!"

Paul went down, and fell upon him, and embracing him said, "Don't be troubled, for his life is in him."

As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.

For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.