‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live.”

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

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

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.

The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

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

He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”

As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.

For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.

Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.

Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?

This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.”

Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.”