Bible Verses About How Long We Will Live
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for how long we will live, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,623 votes, led by Genesis 6:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about How Long We Will Live
Genesis 6:3576 votes
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Psalms 90:10477 votes
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Job 14:5139 votes
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
James 4:14137 votes
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Psalms 139:16113 votes
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Psalms 90:12109 votes
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
John 10:2882 votes
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Romans 6:2378 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 8:1-3964 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
John 3:1661 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Exodus 20:1250 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Psalms 39:448 votes
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Psalms 90:945 votes
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
John 10:1045 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Proverbs 10:2740 votes
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Jeremiah 29:1139 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Ecclesiastes 3:134 votes
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Hebrews 9:2734 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
1 Timothy 4:833 votes
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
1 Thessalonians 4:1732 votes
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 John 3:1632 votes
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Psalms 139:1-2431 votes
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Psalms 139:1430 votes
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Ephesians 6:2-330 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Romans 12:229 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
What does the Bible say about how long we will live?
Readers most often cite Genesis 6:3 on the subject of how long we will live. Across 3,623 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 90:10, Job 14:5, James 4:14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.