23 Bible Verses about Seeking Life

Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

“See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity;

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,

Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may see good?

For,
“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Seek good and not evil, that you may live;
And thus may the Lord God of hosts be with you,
Just as you have said!

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,
“Seek Me that you may live.

“Seek the Lord that you may live,
Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph,
And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

“May Reuben live and not die,
Nor his men be few.”

Then Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request;

Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

The king arose in his anger from drinking wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm had been determined against him by the king.

If I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of the Lord, that I may not die?

And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?”

And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.

to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.