Bible Verses About Live
What does it mean to live simply, and why is it important? You might be surprised to learn that the Bible has a lot to say about this. It’s not the minimalist trend you’re thinking of, but rather a complete mental paradigm shift.
For our purposes, I’ll define simple living as living without world-love, believing God’s promise that heaven is on its way, and single-mindedly pursuing the kingdom of God.
If we truly trust that every effort we make in this life will be rewarded, we will act differently. Rather than striving to create our own empire, we will look to Jesus and aim our gaze at the goal set before us with single-minded devotion and tenacity.
The bible has a lot to say about how we should live our lives. In Matthew 6:19-21, Jesus tells us not to store up treasures on earth, but rather to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. This is because our treasure is in heaven, where evil and rust cannot destroy it.
In 1 Timothy 6:6-8, Paul urges us to be content with what we have, because godliness with contentment is great gain. He goes on to say that those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
So why is living simply so important? Because it allows us to focus on the things that are truly important in life: God and his kingdom. It helps us to let go of the things of this world that will ultimately rust and decay, and instead hold onto the things that will last forever. When we live simply, we are free to pursue God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. And that is the best life we could ever hope for.
Bible Verses on Live
I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
Psalm 118:17 New International Version (NIV)
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Psalm 27:13 New International Version (NIV)
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21 New International Version (NIV)
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalm 63:4 New International Version (NIV)
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Galatians 5:25 New International Version (NIV)
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18 New International Version (NIV)
If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Romans 14:8 New International Version (NIV)
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
Romans 12:16 New International Version (NIV)
I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Psalm 146:2 New International Version (NIV)
You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.
Colossians 3:7 New International Version (NIV)
I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Psalm 104:33 New International Version (NIV)
known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed;
2 Corinthians 6:9 New International Version (NIV)
But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”
Exodus 33:20 New International Version (NIV)
My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
Isaiah 32:18 New International Version (NIV)
Scriptures Live
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
John 11:25 New International Version (NIV)
Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
Psalm 119:175 New International Version (NIV)
Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”
James 4:15 New International Version (NIV)
“Do not allow a sorceress to live.
Exodus 22:18 New International Version (NIV)
For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.
Romans 14:7 New International Version (NIV)
They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Isaiah 65:21 New International Version (NIV)
They are now dead, they live no more; their spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
Isaiah 26:14 New International Version (NIV)
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
Ezekiel 18:32 New International Version (NIV)
As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
1 Peter 4:2 New International Version (NIV)
Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
1 John 2:6 New International Version (NIV)
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Corinthians 5:15 New International Version (NIV)
Live in the Bible
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
1 Peter 2:12 New International Version (NIV)
No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isaiah 65:22 New International Version (NIV)
‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
Acts 17:28 New International Version (NIV)
Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?
1 Corinthians 9:13 New International Version (NIV)
Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
1 Peter 1:17 New International Version (NIV)
Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
Psalm 89:48 New International Version (NIV)
The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.”
Numbers 21:8 New International Version (NIV)
Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
John 6:57 New International Version (NIV)
Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
Psalm 116:2 New International Version (NIV)
Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the Lord fills the whole earth,
Numbers 14:21 New International Version (NIV)
Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live.
Ezekiel 47:9 New International Version (NIV)
for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.
Proverbs 3:2 New International Version (NIV)
In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
Job 12:10 New International Version (NIV)
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”
Luke 20:38 New International Version (NIV)
In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:14 New International Version (NIV)
Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.
John 5:25 New International Version (NIV)
A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
Job 14:5 New International Version (NIV)
After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
Hosea 6:2 New International Version (NIV)
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
Job 19:25 New International Version (NIV)
A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Ecclesiastes 6:3 New International Version (NIV)
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Romans 8:5 New International Version (NIV)
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Job 21:7 New International Version (NIV)
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
Ephesians 5:15 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 4:4 New International Version (NIV)
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
Mark 12:27 New International Version (NIV)