104 Bible Verses about Life

Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:

Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the work that the LORD did for Israel.

And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the LORD had done for Israel.

but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.

And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Engage in business until I come.'

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."

And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'

And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing."

through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.

And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.

These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.

Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.

"I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women.If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?"

"Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life-- the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us-- that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.

And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing."

who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.

They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,

"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. "'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. read more.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.'What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised." And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. read more.
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man." read more.
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be secure and will not fear.

You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.

and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."

And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.

My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?

For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.

We know that our old selfwas crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.

to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.

My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?

then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. read more.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.'What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand. Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was pinched off from a piece of clay.

Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. read more.
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end. Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety! What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. read more.
O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live!

And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'"

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

"And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. read more.
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD,

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.

And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. And someone said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them, "Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man." read more.
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.

saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised." And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. read more.
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever--"

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

Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. read more.
Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us--

"Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand? Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages, so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.

"Why did you bring me out from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer

Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.

The fear of the LORDleads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.

"My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.

For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.

He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.

"My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.

For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

"'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

For what can a man give in return for his soul?

But that is not the way you learned Christ!-- assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, read more.
and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.

For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.

For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.

Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time."

You shall let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long.

And Peter said, "See, we have left our homes and followed you." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip.

For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.

Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed! Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, "A son is born to you," making him very glad. Let that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noon, read more.
because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb forever great. Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning."

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end;

It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning."

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end;

But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. read more.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers." And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat." And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again. And the angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you." And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God.

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

"Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live." But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die."

And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.'Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me--

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

"But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.

When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live;

Seek the LORD and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.