'Live Forever' in the Bible
The Lord God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”
‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,And say (swear an oath), as I live forever,
Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, and laid herself face down before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
I have certainly built a lofty house for you, a place for you to live forever."
and I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”
“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].
[The] afflicted will eat and will be satisfied. Those who seek him will praise Yahweh. May your heart live forever.
so that he may stay alive forever [and] not see the pit.
May he live forever in the presence of God. Appoint loyal love and faithfulness to preserve him.
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!"
Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!
Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spake and said, O king, live forever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.
Then these commissioners and satraps agreed to approach the king and said to him, “King Darius, live forever!
Then Daniel spoke to the king, “O king, live forever!
But Judah will live forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life [after physical death, and will actually live forever].
I am the Living Bread that came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior], he will live forever. And the Bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).”
This is the Bread which came down out of heaven. It is not like [the manna that] our fathers ate and they [eventually] died; the one who eats this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] will live forever.”
Then the crowd replied to Him, "We have heard from [the writings of] the law of Moses that the Christ will live forever; so how can you say, 'The son of man must be lifted up [i.e., to die]?' Who is this son of man?"
for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.
And the world, with its [physical and material] desires, is passing away, but the person who does what God wants will continue to live forever.
and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead).