'Life' in the Bible

Let them be erased from the book of lifeand not be recorded with the righteous.

Let those who seek my lifebe disgraced and confounded;let those who wish me harmbe driven back and humiliated.

Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts;do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever.

Protect my life, for I am faithful.You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

Bring joy to Your servant’s life,because I turn to You, Lord.

For Your faithful love for me is great,and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

God, arrogant people have attacked me;a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.They have no regard for You.

For I have had enough troubles,and my life is near Sheol.

Remember how short my life is.Have You created everyone for nothing?

You end their lives; they sleep.They are like grass that grows in the morning—

I will satisfy him with a long lifeand show him My salvation.

They band together against the life of the righteousand condemn the innocent to death.

I say: “My God, do not take mein the middle of my life!Your years continue through all generations.

He redeems your life from the Pit;He crowns you with faithful love and compassion.

I will sing to the Lord all my life;I will sing praise to my God while I live.

ד DaletMy life is down in the dust;give me life through Your word.

I told You about my life,and You listened to me;teach me Your statutes.

Turn my eyesfrom looking at what is worthless;give me life in Your ways.

How I long for Your precepts!Give me life through Your righteousness.

This is my comfort in my affliction:Your promise has given me life.

Your statutes are the theme of my songduring my earthly life.

They almost ended my life on earth,but I did not abandon Your precepts.

Give me life in accordance with Your faithful love,and I will obey the decree You have spoken.

I will never forget Your precepts,for You have given me life through them.

I am severely afflicted;Lord, give me life through Your word.

My life is constantly in danger,yet I do not forget Your instruction.

In keeping with Your faithful love, hear my voice.Lord, give me life in keeping with Your justice.

Defend my cause and redeem me;give me life as You promised.

Your compassions are many, Lord;give me life according to Your judgments.

Consider how I love Your precepts;Lord, give me life according to Your faithful love.

The Lord will protect you from all harm;He will protect your life.

May the Lord bless you from Zion,so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalemall the days of your life

It is like the dew of Hermonfalling on the mountains of Zion.For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—life forevermore.

If I walk into the thick of danger,You will preserve my lifefrom the anger of my enemies.You will extend Your hand;Your right hand will save me.

I will praise the Lord all my life;I will sing to my God as long as I live.

None return who go to her;none reach the paths of life.

for they will bring youmany days, a full life, and well-being.

Long life is in her right hand;in her left, riches and honor.

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her,and those who hold on to her are happy.

They will be life for youand adornment for your neck.

Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.Guard it, for it is your life.

For they are life to those who find them,and health to one’s whole body.

Guard your heart above all else,for it is the source of life.

She doesn’t consider the path of life;she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.

At the end of your life, you will lamentwhen your physical body has been consumed,

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,and corrective discipline is the way to life.

For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,but an adulteress goes after a precious life.

until an arrow pierces its liver,like a bird darting into a snare—he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

For the one who finds me finds lifeand obtains favor from the Lord,

For by Wisdom your days will be many,and years will be added to your life.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The labor of the righteous leads to life;the activity of the wicked leads to sin.

The one who follows instruction is on the path to life,but the one who rejects correction goes astray.

The fear of the Lord prolongs life,but the years of the wicked are cut short.

Genuine righteousness leads to life,but pursuing evil leads to death.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,but violence takes lives.

There is life in the path of righteousness,but another path leads to death. >

The one who guards his mouth protects his life;the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Riches are a ransom for a man’s life,but a poor man hears no threat.

Delayed hope makes the heart sick,but fulfilled desire is a tree of life.

A wise man’s instruction is a fountain of life,turning people away from the snares of death.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,turning people away from the snares of death.

A tranquil heart is life to the body,but jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

The tongue that heals is a tree of life,but a devious tongue breaks the spirit.

For the discerning the path of life leads upward,so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

One who listens to life-giving rebukeswill be at home among the wise.

When a king’s face lights up, there is life;his favor is like a cloud with spring rain.

The highway of the upright avoids evil;the one who guards his way protects his life.

Insight is a fountain of life for its possessor,but the discipline of fools is folly.

A fool’s mouth is his devastation,and his lips are a trap for his life.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Listen to counsel and receive instructionso that you may be wise later in life.

The fear of the Lord leads to life;one will sleep at night without danger.

The one who pursues righteousness and faithful lovewill find life, righteousness, and honor.

The result of humility is fear of the Lord,along with wealth, honor, and life.

Strike him with a rod,and you will rescue his life from Sheol.

Listen to your father who gave you life,and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?Won’t He who protects your life know?Won’t He repay a person according to his work?

To those who send him, a trustworthy messengeris like the coolness of snow on a harvest day;he refreshes the life of his masters.

A leader who lacks understandingis very oppressive,but one who hates dishonest profitprolongs his life.

Give beer to one who is dyingand wine to one whose life is bitter.

She rewards him with good, not evil,all the days of her life.

I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life with wine and how to grasp folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

because who can eat and who can enjoy life apart from Him?

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.

Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

because wisdom is protection as money is protection,and the advantage of knowledgeis that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.

Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him.

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.

A feast is prepared for laughter,and wine makes life happy,and money is the answer for everything.

Remove sorrow from your heart,and put away pain from your flesh,because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

On that day Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years—the life span of one king. At the end of 70 years, what the song says about the prostitute will happen to Tyre:

The highways are deserted;travel has ceased.An agreement has been broken,cities despised,and human life disregarded.

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life.

I said: In the prime of my lifeI must go to the gates of Sheol;I am deprived of the rest of my years.

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from melike a shepherd’s tent.I have rolled up my life like a weaver;He cuts me off from the loom.You make an end of me from day until night.