Long Life

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

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.

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.

For, He that would 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; In her left hand are riches and honor.

For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will 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 Jehovah your God, and he will 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, 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.

I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Beloved, I pray that in all things 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, wax mighty in power?

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

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

Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it; — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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.

Jehovah 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

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

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.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the 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 lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah 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 the Father. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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.

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

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

The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. — read the full passage →

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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

And thou shalt keep 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 in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

But seek ye first his kingdom, 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 thy heart keep my commandments:

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

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

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.

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 →

seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

And Jehovah 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 witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed; — read the full passage →

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing. — read the full passage →

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.

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

Be not overmuch 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 righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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 the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight. — read the full passage →

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

For I would have you know how greatly I strive 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 within himself, 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 set, so that he could not see.

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. — read the full passage →

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

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

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

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

I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for 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 a hundred years old, and the sinner being a 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 built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

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

that thou mightest fear Jehovah 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 perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.