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102 Bible verses about Longevity
Longevity is all about survival, persistence, endurance, lasting a long time, and simply being vital and alive. Think about it, from the very beginning, God didn't want us to die; He wanted us to live forever here on Earth.
When you read those first chapters of Genesis, it's clear that disobedience and sin are what brought death into the world. But there's also this promise of a long life woven throughout the Bible.
Look at the Ten Commandments, Exodus 20:1212: "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." Right there, God connects honoring your parents with living a longer life. Pretty powerful stuff.
Wise King Solomon, in Ecclesiastes, also gives us some food for thought about living a long time. He basically says, don't do a lot of bad stuff, don't be foolish, why die before your time? The further you are from evil, the longer you'll live.
And I think there's also this unspoken idea that if you take care of your body – the temple of God – He'll take care of you. We see in the Bible that Jesus welcomed some believers directly into heaven, which makes me wonder if maybe a lack of care for their health led them there sooner than they might have otherwise gone.
It all comes down to this: we need to follow the instructions God gives us in His guidebook for life. Honor your parents, take care of your body, stay away from foolishness and evil, and ask God for wisdom and understanding. If you do these things, you won't die before your time. It’s that simple.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old: but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
Thy eyes saw my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
My son, forget not my law; but let thy heart keep my commandments;For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred and seventy five years.Then Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown thy strength to this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds:From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
For whoever findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor from the LORD.But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldst thou die before thy time?
Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; and they draw near to the gates of death.
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
And the LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drouth, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.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.
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God.My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is in them: who keepeth truth for ever:
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave to him (for he is thy life, and the length of thy days) that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
After this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.So Job died, being old and full of days.
The LORD will increase you more and more, you and your children.Ye are blessed of the LORD who made heaven and earth.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all, is rich to all that call upon him,For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.
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;
And Abraham was old and far advanced in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
I will praise thee: for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul well knoweth.
And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:Who forgiveth all thy iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee.In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise)That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.