'Life' in the Bible
May his life go on as long as the sun and moon, through all generations.
May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.
O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.
So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.
Will you not give us life again, so that your people may be glad in you?
O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:
With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.
If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.
I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.
Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.
Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word;
My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.
Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.
How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?
Give me life in your mercy; so that I may be ruled by the unchanging word of your mouth.
I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.
I am greatly troubled, O Lord, give me life in keeping with your word.
Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.
The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life.
Let my voice come to you, in your mercy; O Lord, by your decisions give me life.
Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.
Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions.
See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.
Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.
Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.
For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.
Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.
She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.
And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.
And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.
And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;
Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;
Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.
For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.
The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.
The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.
He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.
The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.
In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.
He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.
A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.
Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.
In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.
Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.
Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.
For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.
The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.
He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.
She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.
I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.
He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.
If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.
So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.
But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
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