'Life' in the Bible

And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

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.

Let your way [in life] be far from her,And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],

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

Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

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.

A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;

In the twilight, in the evening;In the black and dark night.

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.

Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

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

Whoever walks in integrity lives prudently, but whoever perverts his way of life will be exposed.

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.

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

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 righteous eats to satisfy his life, but the belly of the wicked will lack.

Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness?But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

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 entire life of the afflicted seems disastrous, but a good heart feasts continuously.

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

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 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.

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

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

Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

The life of a worker works for him, for his {hunger} urges him.

A crown of glory is gray hair; by a righteous life it is gained.

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

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

Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.

A man's foolishness ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

He who gains wisdom and good sense loves (preserves) his own soul;He who keeps understanding will find good and prosper.

The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

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

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

A king's anger is like a lion's roar; anyone who angers him forfeits his life.

The righteous person lives a life of integrity; happy are his children who follow him!

The soul of the wicked desires evil [like an addictive substance];His neighbor finds no compassion in his eyes.

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

The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

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

For the Lord will plead their caseAnd take the life of those who rob them.

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

for there is surely a future life, and what you hope for will not be cut off.

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

Through [skillful and godly] wisdom a house [a life, a home, a family] is built,And by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],

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?

Know that [skillful and godly] wisdom is [so very good] for your life and soul;If you find wisdom, then there will be a future and a reward,And your hope and expectation will not be cut off.

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

And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

It's better to be poor and live a blameless life than to be rich but crooked in one's lifestyle.

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

A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

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.

Bloodthirsty men hate the innocent person, but the upright show concern for his life.

He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life;He hears the oath but tells nothing.

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

Never devote all your energy to sex, or dedicate your life to destroying kings.

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

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

What advantage does man have from all his workWhich he does under the sun (while earthbound)?

I dedicated myself to using wisdom for study and discovery of everything that is done under heaven. God uses terrible things so human beings will struggle with 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.

For what does a person gain from everything that he accomplishes and from his inner life struggles that he undergoes while working on earth?

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

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

So I concluded that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy [the fruit of] his labor, for this is his lot in life. {For no one knows what will happen in the future.}

So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.

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.

A man might father a hundred children, and live for many years, so that the length of his life is long but if his life does not overflow with goodness, and he doesn't receive a proper burial, I maintain that stillborn children are better off than he is,

For what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have in knowing how to face life?

Because many words lead to pointlessness, how do people benefit from this? 12Who knows what is best for people in this life, every day of their pointless lives that they pass through like a shadow? Who informs people on earth what will come along after them?

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.

There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,Nor does he have authority over the day of death;There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.