9 Bible Verses about Living Long
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"I used to say: "I will die in my home. I'm going to live as many days as there are grains of sand on the shore.
"And there will no longer be in it a young boy who lives only a few days, or an old person who does not live out his days; for one who dies at a hundred years will be thought a mere youth, and one who falls short of a hundred years will be considered accursed.
Even though a sinner does what is wrong a hundred times and still survives, nevertheless I also know that things will go well for those who fear God, who fear in his presence.
Even if he lives a thousand years twice over without experiencing the best aren't all of them going to the same place?
Even if a person lives many years, let him enjoy them all, recalling that there will be many days of darkness to come all of which are pointless.
A man might father a hundred children, and live for many years, so that the length of his life is long but if his life does not overflow with goodness, and he doesn't receive a proper burial, I maintain that stillborn children are better off than he is,
"Yet the LORD was willing to crush him, and he made him suffer. Although you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring, and he will prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will triumph in his hand.
You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great!
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