'Live' in the Bible

But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live."

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!"

He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live."

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had."

in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'"

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings' courts!

Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first."

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him."

For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on."

For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.

Jesus told him, "Go home; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.

While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live.

Then the father realized that it was the very time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he himself believed along with his entire household.

I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming -- and is now here -- when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.

This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever."

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,

In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

Jesus replied, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours? You follow me!"

So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?"

"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and 'Let another take his position of responsibility.'

But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,

saying, "What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live.

Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.'

They have been informed about you -- that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.

take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.

A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,

The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, "Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!"

Then Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace petitioned me both in Jerusalem and here, shouting loudly that he ought not to live any longer.

When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul's hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!"

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live."

but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.

Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh

(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: "The one who does these things will live by them."

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.

Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.

If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God."

To the rest I say -- I, not the Lord -- if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.

Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

for we live by faith, not by sight.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet -- see! -- we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."

I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you.

For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God's power toward you.

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, "If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?"

For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit.

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Therefore be very careful how you live -- not as unwise but as wise,

"that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth."

My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.

For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.

so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects -- bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers -- in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.

Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

This saying is trustworthy: If we died with him, we will also live with him.

Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.