9 Bible Verses about Long Life
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Ye shall walk in all the way which LORD your God has commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Children, obey your parents in Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise, so that it may become well with thee, and thou will be long lasting on the earth.read more.
And ye fathers, do not exasperate your children, but rear them in the training and admonition of Lord.
And ye shall serve LORD your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water, and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land; I will fulfill the number of thy days.
For thou formed my inward parts. Thou covered me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are thy works, and that my soul knows right well. My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.read more.
Thine eyes saw my unformed substance, and in thy book they were all written, [even] the days that were ordained, when as yet there was none of them.
For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.
Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land where ye go over to possess it, that thou might fear LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life, and that thy days may be prolonged.
And if thou will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David walked, then I will lengthen thy days. And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of LORD, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
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Long life » Examples of vigorous » Feebleness in
yea, they shall be afraid of height, and terrors [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail, because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go
in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows shall be darkened,
By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship upon the top of his staff.
Now king David was old and stricken in years, and they covered him with clothes, but he did not get warm.
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Gray hairs, an indication of
yea, they shall be afraid of height, and terrors [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail, because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he does not know.
And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray headed, and, behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Dimness of vision, in
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, My son. And he said to him, Here I am.
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim so that he could not see),
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see.
in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows shall be darkened,
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Devoid of pleasure
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shall say, I have no pleasure in them,
Long life » Examples of vigorous » moses
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
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
As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me. As my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Rules of conduct for
Aged men are to be without wine, noble, serious minded, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance. Aged women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Divine presence in
And even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry [you]. I have made, and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Prayer concerning
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Anna
And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (being advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
