9 Bible Verses about Long Life

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Deuteronomy 5:33

in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you ye walk, so that ye live, and it is well with you, and ye have prolonged days in the land which ye possess.

Ephesians 6:1-4

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; honour thy father and mother, which is the first command with a promise, 'That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'read more.
And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Exodus 23:25-26

'And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart; there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:

Psalm 139:13-16

For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. I confess Thee, because that with wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul is knowing it well. My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.read more.
Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.

Deuteronomy 6:1-2

And this is the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, so that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged.

1 Kings 3:14-15

and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.' And Solomon awaketh, and lo, a dream; and he cometh in to Jerusalem, and standeth before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings, and maketh peace-offerings. And he maketh a banquet for all his servants,

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Ecclesiastes 12:5

Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,

More verses: Zechariah 8:4

Long life » Examples of vigorous » Gray hairs, an indication of

Ecclesiastes 12:5

Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

Hosea 7:9

Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled itself on him, And he hath not known.

1 Samuel 12:2

and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they are with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day.

Job 15:10

Both the gray-headed And the very aged are among us -- Greater than thy father in days.

More verses: Proverbs 20:29

Long life » Examples of vigorous » Dimness of vision, in

Genesis 27:1

And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son;' and he saith unto him, 'Here am I.'

Genesis 48:10

And the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age, he is unable to see; and he bringeth them nigh unto him, and he kisseth them, and cleaveth to them;

1 Samuel 3:2

And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim -- he is not able to see.

1 Samuel 4:15

And Eli is a son of ninety and eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he hath not been able to see.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,

Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Devoid of pleasure

Long life » Examples of vigorous » moses

Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Of the righteous, honourable

Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » General references to

Long life » Examples of vigorous » Caleb

Joshua 14:11

yet am I to-day strong as in the day of Moses' sending me; as my power then, so is my power now, for battle, and to go out, and to come in.

Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Rules of conduct for

Titus 2:2-3

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance; aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Divine presence in

Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Prayer concerning

Long life » Examples of vigorous » Anna

Luke 2:36

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity,

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