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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 15:24
“The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.”
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Proverbs 15:31
“The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.”
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Proverbs 16:15
“In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.”
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Proverbs 16:22
“Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.”
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Proverbs 16:31
“Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.”
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Proverbs 18:21
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.”
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Proverbs 19:23
“The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.”
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Proverbs 20:2
“The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.”
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Proverbs 21:21
“He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.”
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Proverbs 22:4
“The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.”
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Proverbs 22:23
“for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.”
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Proverbs 23:22
“Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.”
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Proverbs 27:27
“There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.”
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Proverbs 28:17
“A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.”
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Proverbs 29:10
“The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.”
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Proverbs 31:12
“She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.”
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
“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.”
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
“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.”
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Ecclesiastes 3:12
“I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.”
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
“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.”
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