What Does The Bible Say About?

Longevity

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Psalm 91:16

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

Proverbs 9:11

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

Proverbs 3:16

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

Exodus 20:12

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

Psalm 90:10

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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.

Genesis 6:3

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

Proverbs 10:27

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

1 Peter 3:10

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

Proverbs 3:2

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

Isaiah 65:20

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No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

Psalm 21:4

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He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.

Psalm 34:11-13

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Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

Job 5:26

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You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

Proverbs 16:31

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Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

1 Timothy 4:8

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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.

Genesis 50:26

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So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

John 3:16

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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.

Job 42:16

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After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

Deuteronomy 5:33

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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.

Joshua 24:29

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Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

Exodus 6:20

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And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

John 10:10

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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.

Ephesians 6:1-4

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “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.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:2-3

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“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.”

1 Kings 3:14

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

Genesis 5:27

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So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

Proverbs 3:1

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

Genesis 11:32

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Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

Genesis 25:7

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Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

Exodus 23:25-26

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So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you. No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

Luke 2:36

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There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

Numbers 33:39

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Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Psalm 118:24

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

1 Samuel 4:15

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Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.

Genesis 35:28

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And Isaac lived 180 years.

Genesis 5:17

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So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

Proverbs 3:1-2

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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.

1 Timothy 5:8

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If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

2 Chronicles 24:15

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When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.

Deuteronomy 28:1-68

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“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed. . . .

Genesis 5:11

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So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:20

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So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

Isaiah 40:31

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But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

John 14:6

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

Luke 2:37

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and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

Matthew 24:13

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But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

1 John 1:9

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

2 Chronicles 7:14

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and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Deuteronomy 34:7

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

Galatians 2:20

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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.

Genesis 11:21

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And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 23:1

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Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

Genesis 47:28

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And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.

Genesis 5:14

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So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:23

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So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

Genesis 5:31

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So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:5

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So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:8

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So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

Genesis 9:29

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So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

Jeremiah 29:11

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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.

John 15:13

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

Matthew 24:42

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Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

1 Kings 3:11-14

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So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice— behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you. Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal. So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

Deuteronomy 6:1-2

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These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess, so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.

Genesis 11:22

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When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

Genesis 2:7

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Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

John 8:12

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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.”

Matthew 24:22

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If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Philemon 1:9

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I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

2 Samuel 19:32

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Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

Acts 2:38

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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.

Deuteronomy 4:40

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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.

Genesis 11:10

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This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

Genesis 11:11

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And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:13

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And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14

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When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

Genesis 11:15

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And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:16

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When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

Genesis 11:17

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And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24

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When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

Job 42:17

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And so Job died, old and full of years.

Revelation 20:4

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Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

2 Timothy 3:16

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

Genesis 11:20

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When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

Hebrews 8:6

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Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

Isaiah 40:22

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He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Isaiah 41:10

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Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Proverbs 4:10

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Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

Proverbs 4:23

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

Romans 6:23

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

2 Timothy 1:7

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

3 John 1:2

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Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.

Daniel 12:1-3

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“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

John 11:26

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And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Luke 1:37

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For no word from God will ever fail.”

Philippians 4:13

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Proverbs 22:6

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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Psalm 139:13

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For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Psalm 139:13-16

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For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 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.

Psalm 71:9

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Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

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