17 Bible Verses about Physical Life

Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

The Lord brings death and gives life;
He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.

as long as my breath is still in me
and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

When You send Your breath,
they are created,
and You renew the face of the earth.

Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;
they come to an end without hope.

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

My days fly by faster than a runner;
they flee without seeing any good.

He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
he flees like a shadow and does not last.

You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah

Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?

For all our days ebb away under Your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.

My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;
He cuts me off from the loom.
You make an end of me from day until night.