Topic

The Meaning Of Life

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John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 6:35

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

John 8:12

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Luke 12:15

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

Matthew 6:33

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Ecclesiastes 12:13–14

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

1 Thessalonians 5:16–18

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:25–33

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? — read the full passage →

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Luke 10:27

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 6:23

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

Galatians 5:13–14

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 12:2

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Genesis 2:7

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

Romans 13:9

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 2:20

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

Matthew 6:25

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

John 10:10

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 4:1–5

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:23–24

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

Genesis 2:9

Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Romans 5:10

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

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

Matthew 5:16

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

John 17:3

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:31

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

John 11:25–26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:20

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.”

Matthew 10:39

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Genesis 1:26

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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants;

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Isaiah 43:7

everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”

Proverbs 21:21

He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Genesis 1:27

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

John 3:36

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Genesis 2:1–25

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:26–28

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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

Romans 8:11

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

John 12:25

He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

Deuteronomy 30:19–20

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants; — read the full passage →

Genesis 3:22–23

Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...” — read the full passage →

Leviticus 24:17–18

“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death. — read the full passage →

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

John 1:12

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

John 5:24

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

Revelation 3:5

He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 27:19

Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

Ephesians 5:15–16

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

Romans 6:4

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Genesis 3:1–24

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

Psalms 37:4

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

John 14:15

If you love me, keep my commandments.

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Luke 23:43

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

John 3:1–36

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Acts 4:12

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Genesis 1:1–31

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

Matthew 6:19–21

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

Revelation 2:7

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Leviticus 17:11

For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

Romans 8:6

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Philippians 4:19

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Proverbs 10:17

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Romans 8:1–39

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Luke 10:25–37

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:2

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

Matthew 25:31–46

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

1 John 1:9

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

Ecclesiastes 12:2

Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

Colossians 3:12

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Romans 3:23

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

Psalms 121:7–8

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. — read the full passage →

Revelation 20:11–15

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Luke 12:15–21

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.” — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Matthew 6:2

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Matthew 11:28–30

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 3:10–11

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

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