Life

And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, forever.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight: )

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

He that hath the Son hath life: and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.