9 Bible Verses about Lifespan
Most Relevant Verses
Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."
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.
In that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?