19 Bible Verses about Keeping Oneself Alive
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And Jeremiah will say to Zedekiah, Thus said Jehovah, God of armies, God of Israel, If going forth, thou wilt go forth to the chiefs of the king of Babel, and thy soul lived, and this city shall not be burnt with fire; and thou livedst and thy house:
He dwelling in this city shall die. by the sword, and by the famine, and by death: and he going forth and falling to the Chaldeans pressing upon you, shall live, and his soul was to him for booty.
Thus said Jehovah, He dwelling in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by death; and he going forth to the Chaldeans shall live; and his soul was to him for booty, and he lived.
And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spake according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks into the yoke of the king of Babel, and serve him and his people, and live.
Ye shall not hear to them; serve ye the king of Babel, and live: wherefore shall this city be laid waste?
Behold now, this city drawing nigh to flee there, and it is small: now I shall be saved there, is it not small? and my soul shall live.
Come now, advising, I will now advise thee, and save thou thy soul and the soul of thy son Solomon.
And if thou admonishedst the just for the just not to sin, and he sin not, living, he shall live, for he was admonished; and thou didst deliver thy soul.
And if thou hast admonished the unjust one, and he turned not back from his evil and from his way of injustice; he shall die in his iniquity and thou deliveredst thy soul.
Because ye afflicted the heart of the just one with falsehood, and I afflicted him not; and to strengthen the hands of the evil one not to turn back from his evil way, to preserve him alive.
Till my coming and I took you to a land as your land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-oil and honey; and live ye, and ye shall not die: and ye shall not hear to Hezekiah, for he will seduce you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
And he holding the bow shall not stand; and the swift with his feet shall not escape: and he riding the horse shall not save his soul.
And flight perished from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his power, and the mighty shall not save his soul.
For this I say to you, Be not anxious about your soul, what ye eat, and what ye drink; nor about your body, what ye put on. Is not the soul more than food, and the body than dress?
For whoever would wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whoever should lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it.
He finding his soul shall lose it; and he having lost his soul for my sake shall find it.
For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever should lose his life for my sake and the good news, the same shall save it.
Whoever should seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose it, shall preserve it alive.
