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17 Bible Verses About Long Life

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  • Exodus 20:12 attaches a promise of long life in the land to honouring parents, and Ephesians 6:2 calls it “the first commandment with a promise.”
  • In Deuteronomy, long life is life in the land God swore to Israel’s ancestors, promised for loving God and keeping his commands (Deuteronomy 30:19-20; 11:21).
  • Proverbs links long life with wisdom and the fear of the Lord, and calls gray hair “a crown of splendor” attained “in the way of righteousness” (Proverbs 16:31).
  • Genesis 15:15 promises Abram a death “at a good old age,” and Genesis 25:7-8 records that he lived a hundred and seventy-five years.
  • Job 5:26 is spoken by Eliphaz, whom God rebukes in Job 42:7, and the book ends with Job dying “an old man and full of years” (Job 42:17).

The Bible treats long life as a blessing from God, and several of its promises of long life come with a condition. Exodus 20:12 ties long life to honouring parents, Deuteronomy 30:19-20 to loving God and keeping his commands, and Proverbs 10:27 to the fear of the Lord. The promises in Exodus and Deuteronomy were made to Israel and speak of long life “in the land” God was giving them. Ephesians 6:1-3 and 1 Peter 3:10-11 carry the theme to…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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