Life

Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.

For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.

Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”

And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

…while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’

As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’

And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”

And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”

So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.

Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”

I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.

God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or honor for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

…before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”

You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

…so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?

Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

…to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

…to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

…from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.

Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.

But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

…who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,

I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

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

I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.

Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.

Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.