23 Bible Verses about Seeking Life

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

Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever--"

He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

"See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?

For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.

For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live;

Seek the LORD and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,

"Let Reuben live, and not die, but let his men be few."

Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request.

Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

And the king arose in his wrath from the wine-drinking and went into the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king.

If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the LORD, that I may not die;

And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?"

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

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

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

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

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