16 occurrences

'Live Forever' in the Bible

And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say, 'As surely as I live forever,

Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, "May my master, King David, live forever!"

I replied to the king, "O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?"

I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"

The wise men replied to the king: [What follows is in Aramaic] "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will disclose its interpretation."

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever!

Due to the noise caused by the king and his nobles, the queen mother then entered the banquet room. She said, "O king, live forever! Don't be alarmed! Don't be shaken!

So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion to the king and said to him, "O King Darius, live forever!

Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever!

"As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?

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."

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."

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