1734 verses about Life

He that gives glory to his father will have length of days; And he that hearkens to the Lord will bring rest to his mother,

He that loves her loves life; And those who seek to her early will be filled with gladness.

A faithful friend is a medicine of life; And those who fear the Lord will find him.

My son, gather instruction from your youth up: And even to hoar hairs you will find wisdom.

In all your matters remember your last end, And you will never do amiss.

Rejoice not over one that is dead: Remember that we die all.

Keep you far from the man that has power to kill, And you will have no suspicion of the fear of death: And if you come to him, commit no fault, Lest he take away your life: Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares, And walk upon the battlements of a city.

Who will justify him that sins against his own soul? And who will glorify him that dishonors his own life?

The bee is little among such as fly; And her fruit is the chief of sweetmeats.

Good things and evil, life and death, Poverty and riches, are from the Lord.

Say not, What use is there of me? And what from henceforth will my good things be?

Call no man blessed before his death; And a man will be known in his children.

Remember that death will not wait, And that the covenant of the grave is not showed to you.

Do well to your friend before you die; And according to your ability stretch out your hand and give to him.

Defraud not yourself of a good day; And don’t let the portion of a good desire pass you by.

All flesh waxes old as a garment; For the covenant from the beginning is, You shall die the death.

As of the leaves flourishing on a thick tree, Some it sheds, and some it makes to grow; So also of the generations of flesh and blood, One comes to an end, and another is born.

He shall pitch his tent near at hand to her, And will lodge in a lodging where good things are.

He himself made man from the beginning, And left him in the hand of his own counsel.

If you will, you shall keep the commandments; And to perform faithfulness is of your own good pleasure.

He has set fire and water before you: You will stretch forth your hand to whichever you will.

Before man is life and death; And whichever he likes, it shall be given him.

Trust not you in their life, Neither rely on their condition: For one is better than a thousand; And to die childless than to have ungodly children.

All manner of living things covered the face thereof; And into it is their return.

The Lord created man of the earth, And turned him back to it again.

He gave them days by number, and a set time, And gave them authority over the things that are thereon.

He endued them with strength proper to them; And made them according to his own image.

He added to them knowledge, And gave them a law of life for a heritage.

Who will give praise to the Most High in the grave, Instead of them which live and return thanks?

Thanksgiving perishes from the dead, as from one that is not: He that is in life and health will praise the Lord.

For all things can’t be in men, Because the son of man is not immortal.

He looks upon the power of the height of heaven: And all men are earth and ashes.

He that lives forever created all things in common.

When a man has finished, then he is but at the beginning; And when he ceaseth, then will he be in perplexity.

What is man, and whereto serves he? What is his good, and what is his evil?

The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years.

As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand; So are a few years in the day of eternity.

From morning until evening the time changes; And all things are speedy before the Lord.

The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood; And his counsel as a fountain of life.

Weep for the dead, for light has failed him; And weep for a fool, for understanding has failed him: Weep more sweetly for the dead, because he has found rest; But the life of the fool is worse than death.

Seven days are the days of mourning for the dead; But for a fool and an ungodly man, all the days of his life.

O Lord, Father and God of my life, Give me not a proud look,

He created me from the beginning before the world; And to the end I will not fail.

I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, And as a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon.

I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, And as rose plants in Jericho, And as a fair olive tree in the plain; And I was exalted as a plane tree.

As the terebinth I stretched out my branches; And my branches are branches of glory and grace.

They that eat me will yet be hungry; And those who drink me will yet be thirsty.

And I came out as a stream from a river, And as a conduit into a garden.

I said, I will water my garden, And will water abundantly my garden bed; And, behold, my stream became a river, And my river became a sea.

Happy is the husband of a good wife; And the number of his days will be twofold.

If you follow righteousness, you will obtain her, And put her on, as a long robe of glory.

The chief thing for life is water, and bread, And a garment, and a house to cover shame.

His father dieth, and is as though he had not died; For he has left one behind him like himself.

In his life, he saw and rejoiced in him; And when he died, he sorrowed not:

There is no riches better than health of body; And there is no gladness above the joy of the heart.

Death is better than a bitter life, And eternal rest than a continual sickness.

Gladness of heart is the life of a man; And the joyfulness of a man is length of days.

Love your own soul, and comfort your heart: And remove sorrow far from you; For sorrow has destroyed many, And there is no profit therein.

Envy and wrath shorten a man’s days; And care brings old age before the time.

Wine is as good as life to men, If you drink it in its measure: What life is there to a man that is without wine? And it has been created to make men glad.

Good is the opposite of evil, And life is the opposite of death: So is the sinner is the opposite of the godly.

Whilst you yet live, and breath is in you, Give not yourself over to anybody.

In the day that you endest the days of your life, And in the time of death, distribute your inheritance.

The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; For their hope is upon him that saves them.

He raises up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes: He gives healing, life, and blessing.

The bread of the needy is the life of the poor: He that depriveth him thereof is a man of blood.

And let them know you, as we also have known you, That there is no God but only you, O God.

four manner of things do rise up, Good and evil, life and death; And that which rules over them continually is the tongue.

The life of man is counted by days; And the days of Israel are innumerable.

My son, prove your soul in your life, And see what is evil for it, and give not that to it.

Because of surfeiting have many perished; But he that takes heed shall prolong his life.

There is a time when in their very hands is the issue for good.

For they also shall beseech the Lord, That he may prosper them in giving relief and in healing for the maintenance of life.

In calamity sorrow also remains: And the poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.

Give not your heart to sorrow: Put it away, remembering the last end:

Without these shall not a city be inhabited, And men shall not sojourn nor walk up and down therein.

Many shall commend his understanding; And so long as the world endures, it shall not be blotted out: His memorial shall not depart, And his name shall live from generation to generation.

If he continue, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand: And if he die, he adds thereto.

The chief of all things necessary for the life of man Are water, and fire, and iron, and salt, And flour of wheat, and honey, and milk, The blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.

All the works of the Lord are good: And he will supply every need in its season.

Great travail is created for every man, And a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, From the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, Until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.

From him that sits on a throne of glory, Even to him that is humbled in earth and ashes;

The sedge that grows upon every water and bank of a river Shall be plucked up before all grass.

The life of one that labores, and is contented, shall be made sweet; And he that finds a treasure is above both.

A man that looks to the table of another, His life is not to be counted for a life; He will pollute his soul with another man’s meats: But a man wise and well-instructed will beware thereof.

O death, how bitter is the remembrance of you to a man that is at peace in his possessions, To the man that has nothing to distract him, and has prosperity in all things, And that still has strength to receive meat!

Don’t be afraid of the sentence of death; Remember those who have been before you, and that come after: This is the sentence from the Lord over all flesh.

And why do you refuse, when it is the good pleasure of the Most High? Whether it be ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years, There is no inquisition of life in the grave.

A good life has its number of days; And a good name continueth forever.

All these things live and remain forever in all manner of uses, And they are all obedient.

Therein be also those strange and wondrous works, Variety of all that has life, the race of sea-monsters.

By reason of him his end has success, And by his word all things consist.

All these were honored in their generations, And were a glory in their days.

Their bodies were buried in peace, And their name lives to all generations.

He made him to hear his voice, And led him into the thick darkness, And gave him commandments face to face, Even the law of life and knowledge, That he might teach Jacob the covenant, And Israel his judgments.

After him rose up a son, a man of understanding; And for his sake he lived at large.

Blessed are those who saw you, And those who have been beautified with love; For we also shall surely live.

In his days the sun went backward; And he added life to the king.

No man was created upon the earth such as was Enoch; For he was taken up from the earth.

Shem and Seth were glorified among men; And above every living thing in the creation is Adam.