So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

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

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. . . .

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

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

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD. You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. . . .

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water, the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder, the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter. “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.” The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable. . . .

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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

For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face, that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric. For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ. . . .

Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness. Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.” When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth. And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died. . . .

After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

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

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech. And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar. “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.” Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building. . . .

Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. . . .

Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose. So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown. Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. . . .

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. . . .

And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD. You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. . . .

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

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

For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.