'Life' in the Bible

Now Solomon was ruling over all the kingdoms from the River [to] the land of [the] Philistines, and up to the border of Egypt, who [were] bringing tribute and [were] serving Solomon all the days of his life.

But I will not take all of the kingdom from his hand, but I will make him a leader all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my ordinances.

Then he built the houses on the high places, and he appointed priests {from all walks of life} who were not from the sons of Levi.

After this event, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but he returned and [again] made priests for the high places of people from {all walks of life}. He filled his hand with all [his] desire and became [one of] the priests of the high places [himself].

because David did right in the eyes of Yahweh and he didn't turn aside from all that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

He stretched himself out on the child three times and called to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh my God, please let the life of this child return within him."

Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned within him, and he lived.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "Thus may the gods do [to me], and may they add [to it], surely at this time tomorrow I will make your life as the life of one of them!"

Then he became afraid, got up, and {fled for his life}. He came [to] Beersheba which belongs to Judah, and he left his servant there.

Then he went into the wilderness one day's journey, and he went and sat under a certain broom tree. Then {he asked Yahweh that he might die}, and he said, "It is enough now, Yahweh; take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."

Then he said, "I have been very zealous for Yahweh the God of hosts, for the {Israelites} have forsaken your covenant. They have demolished your altars, and they have killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left over, and they seek to take my life.

He said, "I have been very zealous for Yahweh the God of Hosts, for the {Israelites} have forsaken your covenant, demolished your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; I alone am left, and they seek to take my life!"

As the king [was] passing by, he called to the king and said, "Your servant went out in the thick of the battle, and suddenly a man turned and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man. If by any means he should be missed, it will be your life in his place, or you shall pay a talent of silver.'

He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh: 'Because you have let the man I devoted for destruction go from [your] hand, your life shall be in place of his life and your people in place of his people.'"

So he {again sent} a third [time] a commander of fifty and his fifty, and the commander of the third fifty went up and came and knelt down on his knees before Elijah and entreated him. He said to him, " man of God, please let my life and the lives of your servants, these fifty, be precious in your eyes.

Behold, fire from heaven came down and consumed the first two commanders of fifty and their fifties, so then let my life be precious in your eyes."

Gehazi crossed over before them, and he put the staff on the face of the boy; but there was no sound, and there was no sign of life, so he returned to meet him. He told him, saying, "The boy did not wake up."

It happened that when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God to cause death or to give life? This man [is] sending a man to me to cure his disease. Indeed! But know and see that he seeks an opportunity against me."

Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Get up and go, you and your household, and dwell as an alien wherever you can, for Yahweh has called for a famine, and it will come to the land [for] seven years."

It happened that as he [was] telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, suddenly the woman whose son he had restored to life [was] crying out to the king about her household and about her field. Then Gehazi said, "My lord the king, this [is] the woman and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life!"

They came to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside, and he said, "The man who lets [anyone] escape from the men who I am {entrusting to you}, {he will pay with his life}!"

So he changed the clothes of his imprisonment, and he ate food continually in his presence all the days of his life.

His allowance was continually given to him from the king, {a portion every day} all the days of his life.

Then God said to Solomon, "Because this was with your heart and you did not ask for wealth, possessions, honor, and the lives of your enemies, and also did not ask for {long life}, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge that you might judge my people over whom I have made you king,

that they may offer incense offerings to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his children.

But I said, "Should a man like me run away? And would a man like me go into the temple so that he can save his life? I will not go in!"

"You alone are Yahweh. You alone have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all of their army, the earth and all that is in it, the waters and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens worship you.

Then Mordecai told [them] to reply to Esther: "Do not think that your life will be saved [in] the palace of the king more than all the Jews.

Then Queen Esther answered, and she said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it is good to the king, let my life be given to me at my petition and my people at my request;

The king rose in his anger {from the banquet} [and went] to the palace garden, and Haman stood to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for {he realized that the king was determined to make an end to his life}.

Then Satan answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that {that} man has he will give for his life.

So Yahweh said to Satan, "{All right}, he [is] in your {power}. Only spare his life."

"Why does he give light to one in misery and life to [those] bitter of soul,

Remember that my life [is] a breath; my eye will not return to see good.

I loathe [my life]; I would not live forever; depart from me, for my days [are] a breath.

"I [am] blameless; I do not care about myself; I loathe my life.

"My inner self loathes my life; {I want to give vent to my complaint}; I want to speak out of [the] bitterness of my inner self.

You have granted me life and loyal love, and your care has preserved my spirit.

"{And your life will be brighter than noon}; [its] darkness will be like the morning.

In whose hand [is] the life of all living things and {the breath of every human being}?

Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

Yet he carries off [the] tyrants by his strength; [if] he rises up, then he cannot be certain of life.

for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?

"And now my life is poured out onto me; days of misery have taken hold of me.

no, I have not allowed my mouth to sin, to ask his life with a curse.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.

He spares his life from [the] pit and his life from passing over the river [of death].

{so that} his life loathes bread, and his inner self [loathes] {appetizing food}.

And {he} draws near to the pit and his life to the killers.

He redeemed my life from going down into the pit, so {I will enjoy the light}.'

to bring his life back from [the] pit {so that he may enjoy the light of life}.

{They die in their youth}, and their life [ends] among the male shrine prostitutes.

"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place,

Turn, O Yahweh; deliver my life. Save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

let the enemy of my soul pursue, and overtake and trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

You will make known to me [the] path of life. In your presence [is] fullness of joy. At your right hand [are] pleasures forever.

from [the] {presence} of [the] wicked who destroy me, [those] enemies against my life, [they that] surround me.

Rise up, O Yahweh, confront {him}. Make him bow down. Rescue with your sword my life from [the] wicked,

from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.

The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.

He asked life from you; you gave [it] to him-- length of days forever and ever.

Rescue my life from [the] sword, my only [life] from [the] power of [the] dogs.

He restores my life. He leads me in {correct paths} for the sake of his name.

Surely goodness and loyal love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will stay in the house of Yahweh {for a very long time}.

Protect my life and deliver me. Let me not be put to shame, because I take shelter in you.

Do not destroy me with [the] sinners, nor my life with men of bloodshed,

Yahweh [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh [is] the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.

O Yahweh, you have brought my life up from Sheol. You preserved me alive from among those going down to [the] pit.

I will exult and rejoice in your loyal love. Because you have seen my misery, you know the distresses of my life.

For my life is at an end with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength stumbles because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

For I hear [the] rumor of many, "Terror on every side!" When conspiring together against me, they have plotted to take my life.

Who [is] the man who desires life, who loves [many] days in order to see good?

Yahweh redeems the life of his servants, and none who take refuge in him will incur guilt.

Let those who seek my life be shamed and humiliated. Let those who plot calamity against me be repulsed and ashamed.

For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life.

My Lord, how long will you watch? Restore my life from their ravages, my only [life] from [the] young lions.

For with you is [the] fountain of life; in your light we see light.

Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.

Let them be shamed and abashed altogether who seek to take away my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated [who] desire my harm.

By day Yahweh commands his loyal love, and in the night his song [is] with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

(since the redemption price for their life is costly and it always fails),

Surely God will ransom my life from the {power} of Sheol, because he will receive me. Selah

For foreigners have risen against me, and ruthless [men] seek my life. They have not set God before them. Selah

See, God [is] my helper; The Lord [is] with those who sustain my life.

He safely redeems my life from [the] battle against me, because [those standing] against me are among many.

They attack, they hide, they watch my {steps}, as they [lie in] wait for my life.

For look, they lie in wait for my life. The mighty attack against me, not [because of] my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.

Because your loyal love [is] better than life, my lips will praise you.

But as for them [who] seek my life for ruin, they will go into the depths of the earth.

Hear my voice, O God, in my lamenting. Preserve my life from [the] fear of [the] enemy.

Let them be ashamed and abashed who seek my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated [who] desire my harm.

For my enemies talk concerning me, and those who watch for my life conspire together,

Do not give to beasts the life of your dove; do not ever forget the life of your afflicted ones.

He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death but handed their life over to the plague.

Then we will not turn back from you. Restore us to life, and we will proclaim your name.

Watch over my life because I [am] faithful. You [are] my God; save your servant. [I am] the one who trusts you.

because your loyal love [is] great toward me, and you will have delivered my life from Sheol below.

O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, even a gang of ruthless men seek my life, but they do not set you before them.