104 Bible Verses about Life

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Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

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Joshua 24:31

Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.

Judges 2:7

The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.

Jesus Christ » In his name » Life

Jesus Christ » Names of » Life

Life » Lessons of » Out of death

Luke 9:24

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will 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 of eternal life.

Life » Lessons of » Probation, a

Life » Spiritual

John 5:40

Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.

Life » Tested, by the lord » Tree of

Ezekiel 47:12

By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

Revelation 22:2

in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Genesis 2:9

Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Life » Christ » Deeper

Luke 6:48

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

Life » Lessons of » Pilgrimage, a

Exodus 6:4

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

Psalm 39:12

"Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

Life » What is life

Proverbs 4:13

Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

John 6:63-64

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life. But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.

Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of

Job 10:1

"My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Jonah 4:8

It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

Genesis 27:46

Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"

Job 3:20

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

Life » The lord being life

1 John 1:1-3

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us); that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 30:20

to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your 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

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

1 Thessalonians 4:12

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

Life » Of the spirit » Unfading, of the righteous

Ezekiel 47:12

By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

Hosea 14:8

Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found."

More verses: Jeremiah 17:8

Life » Jesus Christ giving life

Revelation 2:8-10

"To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things: "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

1 John 5:11

The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

John 6:31-33

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'" Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

John 10:7-10

Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture. read more.
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Acts 17:23-25

For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you. The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

Life » Who shall lose their life

Matthew 16:24-25

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

Luke 9:22-25

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

Matthew 10:38-39

He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me. He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

Mark 8:31-36

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men." read more.
He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

More verses: Luke 17:33

Life » Spiritual » Spotless, general references to

Job 11:15

Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

Life » Christ » Continuous

Mark 9:4

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

More verses: Mark 12:27

Life » Uncertainty of physical » Only a handbreadth in extent

Psalm 39:5

Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

Psalm 90:9

For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

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

Life » Lessons of » Old, the

2 Peter 1:9

For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

Life » Brief » Only a handbreadth in extent

Psalm 39:5

Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

Psalm 90:9

For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

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

Life » The lord being the creator of all life

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

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 through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made. read more.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Acts 17:23-25

For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you. The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

Job 33:4-6

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth. Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.

Life » Lessons of » Manifested

Matthew 7:20

Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

2 Timothy 3:9

But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

Luke 8:17

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

Life » Of man from God

Life » What gives life

Proverbs 6:20-23

My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching. Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you. read more.
For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

2 Corinthians 3:4-6

Such confidence we have through Christ toward God; not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Life » What man lives by

Deuteronomy 8:3

He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.

Isaiah 38:13-16

I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me. I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security." What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul. read more.
Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them: you restore me, and cause me to live.

Luke 4:4

Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, '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 revealed 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 revealed in our mortal flesh.

Life » Lessons of » Precious, regarded by Christ as

Life » Who shall find life

Matthew 16:24-25

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

Proverbs 8:32-35

"Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it. Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts. read more.
For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

Matthew 10:38-39

He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me. He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will 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 in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

Luke 13:22-24

He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem. One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them, "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

Life » Who shall save their life

Mark 8:31-35

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men." read more.
He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

Luke 9:22-25

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

Life » Christ » Conspicuous

Luke 11:33

"No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

1 Corinthians 4:9

For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

Life » Tree of

Genesis 3:24

So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 2:9

Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:22

Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."

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 desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

Matthew 16:25-26

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Life » How you should live your life

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died. He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

Life » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service

John 4:35-36

Don't you say, 'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

Life » Conditions of receiving » Faith in Christ

John 3:14-15

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes 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 to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

Life » Spiritual » Christ the supreme object of

1 Peter 4:6

For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

Life » Where life is

Psalm 30:4-5

Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

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

Isaiah 55:3

Turn 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

He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.

Life » Spiritual » Sustained by the word of God

Isaiah 55:3

Turn 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

He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.

Life » Who lives by jesus Christ

John 6:53-57

Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has 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 who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of 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

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Job 7:16

I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Life » Christ » Death abolished

1 John 1:2

(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);

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

Job 7:1-3

"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand? As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages, so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Job 10:18-20

"'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, 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. Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

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

Life » What tends to life

Proverbs 11:19

He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

Life » Christ » Radiant life

Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers

Job 14:2

He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

Job 9:25

"Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,

Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a shadow

Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers

Job 14:2

He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

Job 9:25

"Now my days are swifter than a runner. 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

For what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Life » Lessons of » Truly learned, purify the soul

Ephesians 4:20-23

But you did not learn Christ that way; if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; read more.
and that you 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 on 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 on earth are a shadow.)

Life » Lessons of » Practical, every day

Isaiah 1:16-17

Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."

Life » Who is in the way of life

Proverbs 10:17

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

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

Deuteronomy 4:40

You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.

Deuteronomy 22:7

you shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.

Life » Conditions of receiving » Renunciation of the world

Luke 18:28-30

Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you." He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life."

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

Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, who preserves our life among the living, and doesn't allow our feet to be moved.

Life » Nobody living to himself

Romans 14:7-8

For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live 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 is the day in which I was born: don't let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed. Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad. Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn't repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime; read more.
because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. Why came I forth out of the womb 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

Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty 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 pilgrimage."

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

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will 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 may learn your statutes.

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

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty 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 pilgrimage."

Life » Brief » Like a weaver's web

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

Life » Who shall not live out half their days

Psalm 55:23

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

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 reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through 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

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 let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!" When he saw that, he arose, and went 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 juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers." He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat!" He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and laid down again. The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you." 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 doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

Life » What life is

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

Jonah 4:8-9

It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live." God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?" He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."

Life » Conditions of receiving » Knowledge of God

Life » Lessons of » All lead to Christ

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.

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

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Life » Breath of

Names » Of Christ » Life

Repentance » Life

Ezekiel 18:21

But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has 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 tell them: Thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'Return to me,' says Yahweh of Armies, 'and I will return to you,' says Yahweh of Armies.

Seeking God » Ensures » Life

Psalm 69:32

The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

Amos 5:4

For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;

Amos 5:6

Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

Seven » Uncertainties » Life

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 revealed in our mortal flesh.

Spiritual » Life » Secured through faith

Spiritual » Life » Christ the supreme object of

1 Peter 4:6

For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

Spiritual » Life » Sustained by the word of God

Isaiah 55:3

Turn 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

He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.

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Aaron, Life Events

Exodus 12:43

Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat of it,

Abraham, Calling And Life

Genesis 11:31

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

All Life Is Dependent On God

1 Timothy 6:13

I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,

Animal Life

Genesis 2:19

Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

As Long As Life Lasts

2 Samuel 1:9

He said to me, 'Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.'

Assurance in the life of faith

Deuteronomy 9:3

Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you: so you shall drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.

Balance In Life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Being Happy And Enjoying Life

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Blood, as basis of life

Leviticus 17:10-14

"'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats 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 Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.

Elijah, Life Of

2 Kings 1:16-17

He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"

Encouragement In Life

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.

Enjoying Life

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

eternal life, gift of

John 5:39-40

"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Grace, And Christian Life

2 Corinthians 12:8-9

Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

Jacob, Life And Character Of

Genesis 25:25-26

The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.

Length Of Life

Proverbs 3:13-16

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

Life And Death

Jeremiah 21:8

To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

Life Being Temporary

2 Corinthians 4:18

while we don't look 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 Cut Short

Psalm 102:23

He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

Life Despised

Judges 5:18

Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the deaths; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

Life Through Keeping The Law

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.

Long Life

Psalm 91:16

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

Moses, Life Of

Exodus 2:10

The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."

Not Maintaining Life

Acts 13:46

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

Origins Of Spiritual Life

John 3:6-8

That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Paul, Life Of

Philippians 3:4-5

though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

Questioning Life

Ecclesiastes 2:20-22

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

Redemption, In Everyday Life

Leviticus 25:24-28

In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

Removing People From Your Life

Proverbs 25:5

Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

River Of Life

Revelation 22:1

He showed me a 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

I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

Solomon, Life Of

1 Chronicles 3:1-9

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

The Water Of Life

John 7:38-39

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."

Tree Of Life

Genesis 2:8-9

Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Unfading Life

1 Peter 3:3-4

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

Weariness Of Life

Genesis 27:46

Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"

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