Psalms 34:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 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: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
  • Deut 6:2 : 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
  • Deut 30:20 : 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
  • Job 7:7 : 7 ¶ O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 ¶ [There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.
  • Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
  • Eccl 2:3 : 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
  • Eccl 3:13 : 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.

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  • 1 Pet 3:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

    11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

  • Ps 34:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

    14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

  • Prov 19:22-23
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    74%

    22¶ The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.

    23¶ The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  • Prov 3:2
    73%

    2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    72%

    11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?

    12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Ps 90:12
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    12¶ So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.

  • Eccl 11:8-9
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    8But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.

    9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

  • Prov 21:21
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    21¶ He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Ps 25:12
    71%

    12What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose.

  • Eph 6:3
    71%

    3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

  • Prov 9:11
    71%

    11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

  • Prov 4:10
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    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  • Prov 8:34-35
    2 verses
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    34Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

  • Ps 49:9
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    9That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.

  • Ps 112:1
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    1¶ Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.

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    11¶ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

  • Ps 89:48
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    48What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

  • Eccl 7:17-18
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    17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

    18[It is] good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

  • Eccl 5:20
    70%

    20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

  • Job 3:21
    70%

    21Which long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

  • Prov 19:8
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    8¶ He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Eccl 8:12
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    12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

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    24¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 10:27
    69%

    27¶ The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

  • Ps 128:4
    69%

    4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

  • Prov 13:12
    69%

    12¶ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

  • Eccl 3:12
    69%

    12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

  • Job 10:5
    69%

    5[Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man's days,

  • Eccl 6:3
    69%

    3If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.

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    69%

    1¶ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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  • Ps 61:6
    69%

    6Thou wilt prolong the king's life: [and] his years as many generations.

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    20Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

  • Eccl 7:15
    69%

    15All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
    69%

    14And 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.

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    69%

    27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

  • Prov 8:32
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    32¶ Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.

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    14If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

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    6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

  • Prov 12:2
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    2¶ A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Prov 4:22
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    22For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

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    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.