Quotes About Life

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in Godís presence?

The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.

For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,

that he should live on forever and not see decay.

For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.

For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul—and men praise you when you prosper—

A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a womanís stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

Increase the days of the kingís life; may his years span many generations.

Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.

So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.