Life, human (2)

Life is from God

Ge 2:7; Ac 3:15; Ac 17:25

See also 1 Sa 2:6; Job 33:4; Ps 139:13; Da 5:23; Ac 17:28; Jas 4:14–15

The ultimate duration of life is unknown to people

Psalm 39:4 NASB95

“Lord, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.

See also Ge 27:2; Jas 4:13–14

Life is precious

Matthew 10:31 NASB95

“So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

See also Ge 1:26–27 Since all people are made in the image of God they are of value to him and should be so to each other; Ge 9:5–6; Ps 49:7–9; Ps 139:14; Mt 16:26

God’s presence in life

Dt 30:16; Ps 23:6

See also Ps 71:5–6; Ps 71:9

Life is to be lived for God

Ec 12:13; Je 10:23; Mic 6:8; Mt 10:39; Php 1:21

The span of human life

Ecclesiastes 11:8–12:8 NASB95

Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility. Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things. So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”; before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim; and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly. Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street. Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”

See also Ps 90:10

Life is temporary

2 Corinthians 5:1 NASB95

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

See also Ps 49:12; Ps 103:15–16; Is 38:12; 2 Pe 1:13–14

Life is short

1 Ch 29:15; Job 14:1; Jas 4:14

See also Job 7:6–7; Job 8:9; Job 9:25; Job 14:2; Ps 39:4–6; Ps 89:47; Ps 90:12; Ps 102:11; Ps 144:4; Ec 6:12; Is 40:6–8

The termination of life by death is due to sin

Romans 5:12 NASB95

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—

See also Ge 2:17; 1 Co 15:22

Examples of long life

Ge 5:3–32; Ge 9:29; Ge 11:10–32

A full span of years

Proverbs 3:16 NASB95

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

See also Ex 20:12; Ex 23:25–26; 1 Ki 3:14; Job 5:26; Pr 3:2; Pr 9:11; Pr 10:27

Attitudes to life

Life loved

1 Peter 3:10 NASB95

For, “The one who desires life, to love and see good days, Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

See also Ps 34:12–13; Job 8:21; Ps 91:16

Life despised

Ecclesiastes 2:22–23 NASB95

For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.

See also Job 7:16; Job 10:1; Ec 2:17; Jon 4:8