Long Life

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

Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord 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.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

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

And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. — read the full passage →

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.

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

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

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: — read the full passage →

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

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.

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

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.

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

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.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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.

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.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. — read the full passage →

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.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. — read the full passage →

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.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

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.

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. — read the full passage →

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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.

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

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

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

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

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:

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

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

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.

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.

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 →

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. — read the full passage →

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.

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

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. — read the full passage →

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

So Job died, being old and full of days.

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

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.

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. — read the full passage →

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

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. — read the full passage →

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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.

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.