Life

May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,

It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.

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

None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

…for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

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

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

They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.

Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

…until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.

For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, 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, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

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

He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

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

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

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

The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.

She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.

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

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

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

At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.

The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”

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

O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.

This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.

After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.

Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.

And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.

Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.

In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.

But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”

But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”

For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”

…and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”

This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”

You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

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 of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.

You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.

The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.

But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’

Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.