30 Bible Verses About Long Life

“My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.”

“Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.”

“For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.”

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

“The fear of the LORD adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.”

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.”

“Walk in obedience to all 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.”

“Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.”

“Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”

“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

“You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.”

“He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—length of days, for ever and ever.”

“The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.”

“The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.”

“Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.”

“No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.”

“After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.”

“Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

“May the LORD bless you from Zion; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you live to see your children’s children—peace be on Israel.”

“Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.”

“Then the LORD said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.'”

“It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.”

“Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool—why die before your time?”

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

“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”

“And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”

“Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.”

“Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.”

“In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.”

“Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”