10 Bible Verses about Seeking Life

"Whoever seeks to keep his life shall lose it; but whoever loses it shall preserve it.

He who would love life and enjoy happy days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;

But look! a certain man came up to him and asked, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

Then a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him. "Master," he said "what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

As he started to go forth into the road, a man came running up to him, and knelt down before him. "Good Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

A ruler put this question to him. "Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

Keep contending in the noble contest of the faith; seize hold on eternal life, to which you were called when you confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

laying up right good treasure for themselves in the world to come, in order that they may obtain the Life which is life indeed.

eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality;

"but the gate is narrow and the road is steep, which leads to life, and they are few who find it.