'Life' in the Bible

And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

{A Psalm of David.} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.