23 Bible Verses about Age, Span Of Life

Which of you, though he took thought therefore, could put one cubit unto his stature?

Which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

The LORD killeth and maketh alive; bringeth down to hell and fetcheth up again.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book were all my members written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was not one of them.

and yet cannot tell what shall happen tomorrow. For what thing is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that, ye ought to say, "If the Lord will, and if we live, let us do this or that."

And all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty nine years, and then he died.

So that all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.

And the LORD said, "My spirit shall not always strive with man, for they are flesh. Nevertheless I will give them yet space, a hundred and twenty years."

These are the days of the life of Abraham which he lived: a hundred and seventy five years

Moreover, Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, so that the whole age of Jacob was a hundred and forty seven years.

The days of our age are threescore years and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

But Barzillai said unto the king, "Of what age am I of, that I should go with the king into Jerusalem? I am this day four score year old: and therefore can not discern savoury from unsavoury, neither hath thy servant pleasure in that he eateth or drinketh: nor yet delectation in the songs of men or women. It is no need that thy servant be a burden unto my lord the king:

After that, shall the seventy years of Tyre - even as long as their king's life was - be forgotten. And after seventy years, it shall happen to Tyre as with a harlot that playeth upon a lute.

"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live. Behold, thou hast made my days a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. Selah Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, "The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of my life been, and have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimages."

my days pass over more speedily than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

O remember how short my time is; hast thou made all men for nought?

Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men." For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, seeing that is passed as a watch in the night. As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass.read more.
In the morning it is green and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

The fear of the LORD maketh a long life; but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.

With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

My son, forget not my law, but see that thine heart keep my commandments. For they shall prolong the days and years of thy life, and bring thee peace.