19 Bible Verses about Keeping Oneself Alive

Then I told Zedekiah that Jehovah, the God of Israel said: If you surrender to the king of Babylon's officers, your life will be spared, and this city will not be burned down. Both you and your family will be spared.

He who dwells in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence. He who goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live. He will have his own life as booty.'

Jehovah says: 'Whoever stays on in the city will die in war or of starvation or disease. But those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will not be killed. They will at least escape with their life.'

I spoke the same message to King Zedekiah of Judah: Surrender to the king of Babylon, serve him and his people, and you will stay alive.

Do not listen to them. Instead, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city be turned into rubble?

There is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead. Do you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.

Bathsheba, let me give you some advice about how to save your life and your son's life.

If you warn righteous people not to sin, and they do not sin, they will certainly live because they listened to the warning and you will save yourself.

When you warn the wicked man, and he does not turn from his wicked way; he will die because of his sin, but you will save yourself.

You have discouraged righteous people with your lies, even though I had not brought them any grief. You encouraged wicked people not to turn from their wicked ways to save their lives.

The king will resettle you in a country much like your own. There are vineyards to give wine and there is grain for making bread there. It is a land of olives, olive oil, and honey. Do what he commands and you will not die. Do not let Hezekiah fool you into thinking Jehovah will rescue you.

The archer will not stand. The swift of foot will not save himself. The horseman will not deliver himself.

Flight will perish from the swift! The strong will not increase his strength. The mighty will not save himself.

I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes?

He who would save his life shall lose it. He who would lose his life for my sake shall save it.

Whoever finds his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Whoever would save his life will lose it. Whoever would lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

He who seeks to gain his life will lose it. He who loses his life will preserve it.

You will gain your lives because of your endurance.