Quotes About Life

Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.

But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.