1734 verses about 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.

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

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

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away.

I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?