Longevity

With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

Length of days <FI>is<Fi> in her right hand, In her left <FI>are<Fi> wealth and honour.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Days of our years, in them <FI>are<Fi> seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet <FI>is<Fi> their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.

For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him--length of days, Age-during--and for ever.

And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man--to the age; in their erring they <FI>are<Fi> flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.

The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

There is not thence any more a suckling of days, And an aged man who doth not complete his days, For the youth a hundred years old dieth, And the sinner, a hundred years old, is lightly esteemed.

Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.'

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you. — read the full passage →

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

And Moses <FI>is<Fi> a son of a hundred and twenty years when he dieth; his eye hath not become dim, nor hath his moisture fled.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

And Eli is a son of ninety and eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he hath not been able to see.

A crown of beauty <FI>are<Fi> grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.

in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you ye walk, so that ye live, and <FI>it is<Fi> well with you, and ye have prolonged days in the land which ye possess.

And it cometh to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years,

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity,

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.

And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

And these <FI>are<Fi> the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, a hundred and seventy and five years;

And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth.

And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth.

And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.

and all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dieth.

And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth.

And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth.

And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations;

And the days of Isaac are a hundred and eighty years,

And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.

and Aaron <FI>is<Fi> a son of a hundred and twenty and three years in his dying in mount Hor.

And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

And Amram taketh Jochebed his aunt to himself for a wife, and she beareth to him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram <FI>are<Fi> a hundred and thirty and seven years.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.

And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

And Jehoiada is aged and satisfied with days, and dieth--a son of a hundred and thirty years in his death,

`And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart; — read the full passage →

And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years--years of the life of Sarah;

and Jacob liveth in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are an hundred and forty and seven years.

And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty and five years.

and Barzillai <FI>is<Fi> very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he <FI>is<Fi> a very great man;

and God saith unto him, `Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment, — read the full passage →

and she <FI>is<Fi> a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor.

And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg.

And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.

And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

These <FI>are<Fi> births of Shem: Shem <FI>is<Fi> a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.

and Job dieth, aged and satisfied <FI>with<Fi> days.

And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`And this <FI>is<Fi> the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, — read the full passage →

And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.

Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.

and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--all the days.'

The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life <FI>are<Fi> multiplied to thee.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →