How Long we Will Live

10 passages

1. Genesis 6:3

   So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

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2. Psalm 90:10

   The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

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3. Job 14:5

   Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

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4. Psalm 139:16

   Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

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5. Psalm 90:12

   So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

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6. Romans 6:23

   For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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7. John 10:28

   I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

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8. John 3:16

   For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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9. Exodus 20:12

   Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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10. Psalm 39:4

    “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

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