23 Bible Verses about Seeking Life
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Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.
"Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.
Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!
For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the Lord, the God who commands armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is.
Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph's family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.
Queen Esther replied, "If I have met with your approval, O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition.
But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him.
Now someone came up to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?"
Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.
In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.
eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,
But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
