Bible Verses About Long Life
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for long life, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,194 votes, led by Psalms 91:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Long Life
Psalms 91:16218 votes
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Deuteronomy 5:33209 votes
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Proverbs 16:31182 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Proverbs 10:27148 votes
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
1 Peter 3:10147 votes
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Ephesians 6:1-4137 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 3:16134 votes
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Proverbs 3:2130 votes
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Proverbs 9:11122 votes
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Exodus 23:25-26106 votes
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Psalms 90:10102 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.
Exodus 20:1285 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Psalms 118:1785 votes
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
3 John 1:284 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1 Kings 3:1473 votes
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Isaiah 57:168 votes
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Psalms 91:1-1665 votes
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Job 21:761 votes
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Deuteronomy 6:1-257 votes
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
John 10:1057 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.
John 11:2657 votes
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Job 5:2656 votes
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Psalms 21:451 votes
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Proverbs 3:1-251 votes
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Jeremiah 29:1148 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.
What does the Bible say about long life?
Readers most often cite Psalms 91:16 on the subject of long life. Across 4,194 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 5:33, Proverbs 16:31, Proverbs 10:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.