Living 70 Years

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

For thus saith Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.

With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:

Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

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

knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.

Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; — read the full passage →

then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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

in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever.

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 a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

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 it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), — read the full passage →

for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.

And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees: — read the full passage →

for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. — read the full passage →

And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, — read the full passage →

even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors.

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

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

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;