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Bible Verses About Life
Bible verses on the meaning of life — purpose, eternity, daily living.
13 verses · curated by hand
Ecclesiastes 3:1
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:"
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In chapter2 Corinthians 5:17
"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new."
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In chapterGenesis 1:27
"God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them."
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In chapterPsalms 118:24
"This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!"
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In chapterPsalms 16:11
"You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more."
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In chapterEcclesiastes 3:11
"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."
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In chapterJohn 10:10
"The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly."
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In chapterEsther 4:14
"For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”"
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In chapter1 Corinthians 6:19
"Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,"
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In chapterEphesians 2:10
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them."
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In chapterFrom the wider Bible
More verses about life in Scripture
492 passages mentioning “life” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.
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Proverbs 5:6
“She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.”
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Proverbs 6:23
“For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,”
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Proverbs 6:26
“For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.”
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Proverbs 7:23
“Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.”
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Proverbs 8:35
“For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.”
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Proverbs 9:11
“For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.”
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Proverbs 10:11
“The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.”
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Proverbs 10:16
“The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.”
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Proverbs 10:17
“He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.”
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Proverbs 11:19
“He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.”
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Proverbs 11:30
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.”
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Proverbs 12:10
“A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”
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Proverbs 12:28
“In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.”
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Proverbs 13:3
“He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.”
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Proverbs 13:8
“The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.”
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Proverbs 13:12
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.”
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Proverbs 13:14
“The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.”
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Proverbs 14:27
“The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.”
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Proverbs 14:30
“The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.”
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Proverbs 15:4
“A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.”
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