Psalms 34:12

World English Bible (2000)

Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. 11 Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
  • Deut 6:2 : 2 that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
  • Deut 30:20 : 20 to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
  • Job 7:7 : 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
  • Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of you, you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.
  • Ps 91:16 : 16 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
  • Eccl 2:3 : 3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
  • Eccl 3:13 : 13 Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    10For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

    11Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

  • Ps 34:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

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

  • Prov 19:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

    23The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

  • Prov 3:2
    73%

    2for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

    12For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Ps 90:12
    72%

    12So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

  • Eccl 11:8-9
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    72%

    8Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

    9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

  • Prov 21:21
    72%

    21He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Ps 25:12
    71%

    12What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

  • Eph 6:3
    71%

    3"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."

  • Prov 9:11
    71%

    11For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

  • Prov 4:10
    71%

    10Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 8:34-35
    2 verses
    71%

    34Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

    35For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

  • Ps 49:9
    71%

    9That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

  • Ps 112:1
    71%

    1Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

  • Ps 34:11
    71%

    11Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

  • Prov 3:13
    71%

    13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

  • Ps 89:48
    71%

    48What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

  • Eccl 7:17-18
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    70%

    17Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

    18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.

  • Eccl 5:20
    70%

    20For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

  • Job 3:21
    70%

    21Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

  • Prov 19:8
    70%

    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Eccl 8:12
    70%

    12Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

  • Prov 15:24
    70%

    24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 10:27
    69%

    27The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

  • Ps 128:4
    69%

    4Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.

  • Prov 13:12
    69%

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

  • Eccl 3:12
    69%

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

  • Job 10:5
    69%

    5Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man's years,

  • Eccl 6:3
    69%

    3If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

  • Eccl 12:1
    69%

    1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;"

  • Ps 52:1
    69%

    1Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.

  • Ps 61:6
    69%

    6You will prolong the king's life; his years shall be for generations.

  • Job 36:20
    69%

    20Don't desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

  • Eccl 7:15
    69%

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
    69%

    14If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."

  • Ps 37:27
    69%

    27Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

  • Prov 8:32
    69%

    32"Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Job 14:14
    69%

    14If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

  • Eccl 6:6
    69%

    6Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

  • Prov 12:2
    69%

    2A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Prov 4:22
    69%

    22For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

  • Job 5:27
    68%

    27Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."