9 Bible Verses about Long Life
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In all the way which Yahweh your God hath commanded you, must ye walk, - that ye may live and it be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which ye shall possess.
Ye children, be obedient unto your parents in the Lord, for this is right: Honour thy father and thy mother, - which indeed is the first commandment with promise, That it may come to be, well with thee, and thou shalt be long-lived upon the land.read more.
And ye fathers, be not provoking your children to anger, but be nourishing them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.
So shall ye serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless thy bread and thy water, - and I will take away sickness out of thy midst. There shall be nothing casting its young or barren in thy land, - the number of thy days, will I make full.
For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother. I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing them intently! My substance was not hid from thee, - when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth.read more.
Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written, - the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.
For, he that desireth to love, life, and to see good days, Let him cause his tongue to cease from mischief, and lips, that they speak not deceit;
This, then is the commandment - namely the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh your God bath commanded to teach you, - that ye may do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it: that thou mayest revere Yahweh thy God, so as to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I am commanding thee, thou and thy son and thy sons' son, all the days of thy life, - and that thy days may be prolonged.
And, if thou wilt walk in my ways, by keeping my statutes, and my commandments, as, David thy father, walked, then will I lengthen out thy days. And Solomon awoke, and lo! it was a dream. So he entered into Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and caused to go up ascending-sacrifices and offered peace-offerings, and made a banquet for all his servants.
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Long life » Examples of vigorous » Feebleness in
Yea, at what is high, they be in fear, and there be, terrors, in the way, and the almond be rejected, and the grasshopper drag itself along, and desire perish, - for man is going to his age-abiding home, when the wailers shall go round in the streets;
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the men of might bow themselves, - and the grinders cease because they are few, and they who look through the windows are darkened;
By faith, Jacob, when about to die, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and bowed in worship on the top of his staff.
Now, King David, was old, advanced in days, - and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Gray hairs, an indication of
Yea, at what is high, they be in fear, and there be, terrors, in the way, and the almond be rejected, and the grasshopper drag itself along, and desire perish, - for man is going to his age-abiding home, when the wailers shall go round in the streets;
Foreigners have, eaten up, his strength, and, he, knoweth it not, - even gray hairs, are sprinkled upon him, and, he, knoweth it not.
A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.
Now, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey-headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you, - But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day.
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Dimness of vision, in
And it came to pass that Isaac, was old, and his eyes became too dim to see, so he called Esau his elder son and said unto him My son! And he said unto him, Behold me!
Now, the eyes of Israel, had become dim from old age, - he could not see, - so he drew them near unto him, and kissed them, and embraced them.
But it came to pass, at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, his eyes, having begun to be dim, he could not see,
Now, Eli, was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were fixed, that he could not see.
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the men of might bow themselves, - and the grinders cease because they are few, and they who look through the windows are darkened;
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Devoid of pleasure
Yet remember thy Creator, in the days of thy vigour, - or ever come in, the days of discomfort, and the years arrive, in which thou shalt say - I have, in them, no pleasure;
Long life » Examples of vigorous » moses
Now, Moses, was a hundred and twenty years old, when he died, - his eye had not dimmed, nor had his freshness fled.
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Of the righteous, honourable
A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » General references to
But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers in peace, thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Caleb
I remain, to-day, as courageous as on the day when Moses sent me, as my strength was then, so also my strength is now, - for war, both to go out and to come in.
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Rules of conduct for
That, aged men, be, sober, grave, sober-minded, healthy in their faith, love, endurance; Aged women, in the same way, in deportment, as becometh sacred persons, not given to intrigue, nor yet, to much wine, enslaved, teachers of virtue, -
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Divine presence in
Even unto old age, I, am, the same, And unto grey hairs, I, will bear the burden, - I have made and, I, will carry, Yea, I, will bear the burden and will deliver,
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Prayer concerning
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Anna
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; - the same, advanced in many days; having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
