23 Bible Verses about Seeking Life

If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

See, I have put before you today, life and good, and death and evil;

Let heaven and earth be my witnesses against you this day that I have put before you life and death, a blessing and a curse: so take life for yourselves and for your seed:

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.

For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:

Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.

Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.

And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.