1734 verses about Life

Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.

Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!

but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.

It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice;

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

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

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

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

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

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

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

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

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new?” It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I said of laughter, “It is foolishness”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.