Lifespan

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

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

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: — read the full passage →

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. — read the full passage →

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: — read the full passage →

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; — read the full passage →

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: — read the full passage →

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. — read the full passage →

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: — read the full passage →

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings: — read the full passage →

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. — read the full passage →

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: