104 Bible Verses about Life

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Isaiah 42:5

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and expanded them; he that spread forth the earth, and that which it produceth; he that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.

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Joshua 24:31

And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and who had known all the works of the LORD that he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:7

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

Jesus Christ » In his name » Life

Jesus Christ » Names of » Life

Life » Lessons of » Out of death

Luke 9:24

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

Life » Eternal » General references to

1 Timothy 6:19

Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Life » Lessons of » Probation, a

Life » Spiritual

John 5:40

And ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

Life » Tested, by the lord » Tree of

Ezekiel 47:12

And by the river upon its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall its fruit be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for medicine.

Revelation 22:2

In the midst of the street of it, and on each side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Life » Christ » Deeper

Luke 6:48

He is like a man who built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

Life » Lessons of » Pilgrimage, a

Exodus 6:4

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Life » What is life

Proverbs 4:13

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

John 6:63-64

It is the spirit that reviveth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who he was that would betray him.

Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of

Job 10:1

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Jonah 4:8

And it came to pass, when the sun rose that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Genesis 27:46

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these who are of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?

Job 3:20

Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;

Life » The lord being life

1 John 1:1-3

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and testify, and show to you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;) That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 30:20

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave to him (for he is thy life, and the length of thy days) that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

More verses: John 6:31-35 Acts 3:13-15

Life » Christ » Consistent life

2 Peter 3:11

Seeing then that all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy deportment and godliness,

1 Thessalonians 4:12

That ye may walk honestly towards them that are without, and that ye may have need of nothing.

Life » Of the spirit » Unfading, of the righteous

Ezekiel 47:12

And by the river upon its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall its fruit be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for medicine.

Hosea 14:8

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir-tree. From me is thy fruit found.

More verses: Jeremiah 17:8

Life » Jesus Christ giving life

Revelation 2:8-10

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna, write; These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful to death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal life: and this life is in his Son.

John 6:31-33

Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world.

John 10:7-10

Then said Jesus to them again, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man shall enter he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. read more.
The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Acts 17:23-25

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I to you. God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Life » Who shall lose their life

Matthew 16:24-25

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

Luke 9:22-25

Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be put to death, and be raised the third day. And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. read more.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

Matthew 10:38-39

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

Mark 8:31-36

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 scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spoke that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about, and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savorest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men. read more.
And when he had called the people to him with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul:

More verses: Luke 17:33

Life » Spiritual » Spotless, general references to

Job 11:15

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yes, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear:

Song of Solomon 4:7

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

Life » Christ » Continuous

Mark 9:4

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

More verses: Mark 12:27

Life » Uncertainty of physical » Only a handbreadth in extent

Psalm 39:5

Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth; and my age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Psalm 90:9

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years, as a tale that is told.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Life » Lessons of » Old, the

2 Peter 1:9

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purified from his old sins.

Life » Brief » Only a handbreadth in extent

Psalm 39:5

Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth; and my age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Psalm 90:9

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years, as a tale that is told.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Life » The lord being the creator of all life

Isaiah 42:5

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and expanded them; he that spread forth the earth, and that which it produceth; he that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.

John 1:1-4

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by 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.

Acts 17:23-25

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I to you. God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Job 33:4-6

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Life » Lessons of » Manifested

Matthew 7:20

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them,

2 Timothy 3:9

But they shall proceed no further: for their folly will be manifest to all men, as theirs also was.

Luke 8:17

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known, and come abroad.

Life » Of man from God

Life » What gives life

Proverbs 6:20-23

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. read more.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

2 Corinthians 3:4-6

And such trust we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

Life » What man lives by

Deuteronomy 8:3

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Isaiah 38:13-16

I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. What shall I say? he hath both spoken to me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. read more.
O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

Luke 4:4

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Life » Of the spirit spiritual » Necessitates death to sin and self

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Life » Spiritual » Necessitates death to sin and self

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Life » Lessons of » Precious, regarded by Christ as

Life » Who shall find life

Matthew 16:24-25

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

Proverbs 8:32-35

Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. read more.
For whoever findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor from the LORD.

Matthew 10:38-39

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

Life » Of the spirit spiritual » Secured through faith

Life » Spiritual » Secured through faith

Life » The gate and way which leads to life

Matthew 7:13-14

Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in by it. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth to life, and few there are that find it.

Luke 13:22-24

And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying towards Jerusalem. Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that are saved? And he said to them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Life » Who shall save their life

Mark 8:31-35

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 scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spoke that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about, and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savorest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men. read more.
And when he had called the people to him with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

Luke 9:22-25

Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be put to death, and be raised the third day. And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. read more.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

Life » Christ » Conspicuous

Luke 11:33

No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a close vessel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

1 Corinthians 4:9

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

Life » Tree of

Genesis 3:24

So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man hath become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he should put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

More verses: Proverbs 3:18

Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » The one who loses it will save it

Luke 9:24

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

Matthew 16:25-26

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Life » How you should live your life

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and rose again.

Life » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service

John 4:35-36

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit to life eternal: that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, may rejoice together.

Life » Conditions of receiving » Faith in Christ

John 3:14-15

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Life » Lessons of » Result in perfect contentment

Life » Of the spirit spiritual » Christ the supreme object of

1 Peter 4:6

For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Life » Spiritual » Christ the supreme object of

1 Peter 4:6

For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Life » Where life is

Psalm 30:4-5

Sing to the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Life » Of the spirit spiritual » Sustained by the word of God

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Deuteronomy 8:3

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Life » Spiritual » Sustained by the word of God

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Deuteronomy 8:3

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Life » Who lives by jesus Christ

John 6:53-57

Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoever eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. read more.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Life of Christ, a ransom

Life » Conditions of receiving » Hated

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Job 7:16

I lothe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

Life » Christ » Death abolished

1 John 1:2

(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and testify, and show to you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;)

Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Weary of » Job

Job 7:1-3

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work; So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Job 10:18-20

Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had expired, and no eye had seen me! I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Vanity of

Life » What tends to life

Proverbs 11:19

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

Life » Christ » Radiant life

Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers

Job 14:2

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Job 9:25

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a shadow

Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers

Job 14:2

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Job 9:25

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Life » Brief » Like a shadow

Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Long life promised to obedient children

Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » What can a man give in exchange for

Mark 8:37

Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Life » Lessons of » Truly learned, purify the soul

Ephesians 4:20-23

But ye have not so learned Christ; If indeed ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts: read more.
And be renewed in the Spirit of your mind;

Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a flying shuttle

Job 8:9

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

Life » Brief » Like a flying shuttle

Job 8:9

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

Life » Lessons of » Practical, every day

Isaiah 1:16-17

Wash ye, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Life » Who is in the way of life

Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » To those who keep the commandments

Deuteronomy 4:40

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his commandments which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Deuteronomy 22:7

But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

Life » Conditions of receiving » Renunciation of the world

Luke 18:28-30

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. And he said to them, Verily I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

Life » Conditions of receiving » Sowing in the spirit

Life » Lessons of » The great teacher of says

Life » The lord holding your life in his hands

Psalm 66:8-9

O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: Who holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Life » Nobody living to himself

Romans 14:7-8

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

Life » Who keeps their life

Life » What brings life

Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:14-18

Cursed be the day in which I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed. Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee; making him very glad. And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noon; read more.
Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been delivered. Why was I brought into the world to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Life » Uncertainty of physical » Life brief, figurative allusions to the brevity of

Genesis 47:9

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, nor have they attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a weaver's web

Isaiah 38:12

My age hath departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Life » Lessons of » Learned in the school of affliction

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Life » Brief » Life brief, figurative allusions to the brevity of

Genesis 47:9

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, nor have they attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

Life » Brief » Like a weaver's web

Isaiah 38:12

My age hath departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Life » Who shall not live out half their days

Psalm 55:23

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Life » Of the spirit spiritual » Love the demonstration of

Life » Christ » The only source of life

Life » Christ » Life everlasting

Romans 5:21

That as sin hath reigned to death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Life » Spiritual » Love the demonstration of

Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Elijah

1 Kings 19:1-8

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time. And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth 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 juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. And as he lay and slept under a juniper-tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank, and laid himself down again. And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee. 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.

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Life » Whose life will not be preserved

Job 36:5-6

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

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Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jonah

Jonah 4:8-9

And it came to pass, when the sun rose that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.

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Life » Lessons of » All lead to Christ

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught from God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned from the Father, cometh to me.

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Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Hated

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Repentance » Life

Ezekiel 18:21

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Zechariah 1:3

Therefore say thou to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye to me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, saith the LORD of hosts.

Seeking God » Ensures » Life

Psalm 69:32

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

Amos 5:4

For thus saith the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

Amos 5:6

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

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Spiritual » Life » Necessitates death to sin and self

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

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Spiritual » Life » Christ the supreme object of

1 Peter 4:6

For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Spiritual » Life » Sustained by the word of God

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Deuteronomy 8:3

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

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Aaron, Life Events

Exodus 12:43

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no stranger eat of it.

Abraham, Calling And Life

Genesis 11:31

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelt there.

All Life Is Dependent On God

1 Timothy 6:13

I give thee charge in the sight of God, who maketh alive all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified a good confession;

Animal Life

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was its name.

As Long As Life Lasts

2 Samuel 1:9

He said to me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

Assurance in the life of faith

Deuteronomy 9:3

Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he who goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said to thee.

Balance In Life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Being Happy And Enjoying Life

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Blood, as basis of life

Leviticus 17:10-14

And whatever man there may be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

David, Early Life

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

Elijah, Life Of

2 Kings 1:16-17

And he said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

Encouragement In Life

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.

Enjoying Life

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

eternal life, gift of

John 5:39-40

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Grace, And Christian Life

2 Corinthians 12:8-9

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

Jacob, Life And Character Of

Genesis 25:25-26

And the first was born red, all over like a hairy garment: and they called his name Esau.

Length Of Life

Proverbs 3:13-16

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Life And Death

Jeremiah 21:8

And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

Life Being Temporary

2 Corinthians 4:18

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Life By Loving

Deuteronomy 30:6

And the LORD thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Life Cut Short

Psalm 102:23

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

Life Despised

Judges 5:18

Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives to death in the high places of the field.

Life Through Keeping The Law

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, to the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

Life's Purpose

Joshua 24:15

And if it seemeth evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Moses, Life Of

Exodus 2:10

And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Not Maintaining Life

Acts 13:46

Then Paul and Barnabas became bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: but seeing ye reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Origins Of Spiritual Life

John 3:6-8

That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.

Paul, Life Of

Philippians 3:4-5

Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath reason to trust in the flesh, I more:

Questioning Life

Ecclesiastes 2:20-22

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.

Redemption, In Everyday Life

Leviticus 25:24-28

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

Removing People From Your Life

Proverbs 25:5

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

River Of Life

Revelation 22:1

And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Servanthood, In Life Of Believers

Genesis 18:5

And I will bring a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that you shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Solomon, Life Of

1 Chronicles 3:1-9

Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron; the first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

The Water Of Life

John 7:38-39

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Tree Of Life

Genesis 2:8-9

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Unfading Life

1 Peter 3:3-4

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on apparel;

Weariness Of Life

Genesis 27:46

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these who are of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?

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