LXX Concordance for ζωῆς

“for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth ​— ​everything having the breath of life in it ​— ​I have given[fn] every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Then the LORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

The LORD God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

So the LORD God said to the serpent:

Because you have done this,

you are cursed more than any livestock

and more than any wild animal.

You will move on your belly

and eat dust all the days of your life.

And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it':

The ground is cursed because of you.

You will eat from it by means of painful labor[fn]

all the days of your life.

The LORD God said, “Since the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

He drove the man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.

“Understand that I am bringing a flood ​— ​floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.

Two of every creature that has the breath of life in it came to Noah and entered the ark.

Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils ​— ​everything on dry land died.

This is the length of Abraham's life:[fn] 175 years.

This is the length[fn] of Ishmael's life: 137 years. He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people.

Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many years have you lived? ”

Now Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 17 years, and his life span was 147 years.

These are the names of the sons of Levi

according to their family records;

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Levi lived 137 years.

The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

Kohath lived 133 years.

Amram married his father's sister Jochebed,

and she bore him Aaron and Moses.

Amram lived 137 years.

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don't forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don't slip from your mind[fn] as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

“Do this so that you may fear the LORD your God all the days of your life by keeping all his statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.

“Do not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of hardship ​— ​because you left the land of Egypt in a hurry ​— ​so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

“It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to observe all the words of this instruction, and to do these statutes.

“No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or abandon you.

So Joshua conquered the whole region ​— ​the hill country, the Negev, the Judean foothills,[fn] and the slopes ​— ​with all their kings, leaving no survivors. He completely destroyed every living being, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

They encamped against them and destroyed the produce of the land, even as far as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey.

Samuel judged Israel throughout his life.

“Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord's life is tucked safely in the place[fn] where the LORD your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies' lives like stones from a sling.

Barzillai replied to the king, “How many years of my life are left that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

“ ‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom from him but will let him be ruler all the days of his life for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who kept my commands and my statutes.

For David did what was right in the LORD's sight, and he did not turn aside from anything he had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hethite.

So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon for the rest of his life.

Yet God drags away[fn] the mighty by his power;

when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.

You reveal the path of life to me;

in your presence is abundant joy;

at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in[fn] the house of the LORD

as long as I live.[fn]

The LORD is my light and my salvation —

whom should I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life —

whom should I dread?

I have asked one thing from the LORD;

it is what I desire:

to dwell in the house of the LORD

all the days of my life,

gazing on the beauty of the LORD

and seeking him in his temple.

For the wellspring of life is with you.

By means of your light we see light.

The LORD will send his faithful love by day;

his song will be with me in the night —

a prayer to the God of my life.

May the LORD bless you from Zion,

so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem

all the days of your life

None return who go to her;

none reach the paths of life.

for they will bring you

many days, a full life,[fn] and well-being.

Long life[fn] is in her right hand;

in her left, riches and honor.

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her,

and those who hold on to her are happy.

Listen, my son. Accept my words,

and you will live many years.

Guard your heart above all else,[fn]

for it is the source of life.

She doesn't consider the path of life;

she doesn't know that her ways are unstable.

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,

and corrective discipline is the way to life.

“For the one who finds me finds life

and obtains favor from the LORD,

“For by me your days will be many,

and years will be added to your life.

But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there,

that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The one who follows instruction is on the path to life,

but the one who rejects correction goes astray.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,

but a cunning person takes lives.

Hope delayed makes the heart sick,

but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

A wise person's instruction is a fountain of life,

turning people away from the snares of death.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,

turning people away from the snares of death.

The tongue that heals is a tree of life,

but a devious tongue[fn] breaks the spirit.

For the prudent the path of life leads upward,

so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

When a king's face lights up, there is life;

his favor is like a cloud with spring rain.

The highway of the upright avoids evil;

the one who guards his way protects his life.

Insight is a fountain of life for its possessor,

but the discipline of fools is folly.

The words of a person's mouth are deep waters,

a flowing river, a fountain of wisdom.[fn]

don't desire his choice food,

for that food is deceptive.

I explored with my mind the pull of wine on my body ​— ​my mind still guiding me with wisdom — and how to grasp folly, until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven[fn] during the few days of their lives.

Here is what I have seen to be good: It is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

for he does not often consider the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

What advantage then does the wise person have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting[fn] life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me

like a shepherd's tent.

I have rolled up my life like a weaver;

he cuts me off from the loom.

By nightfall[fn] you make an end of me.

The LORD is ready to save me;

we will play stringed instruments

all the days of our lives

at the house of the LORD.

“They will not build and others live in them;

they will not plant and others eat.

For my people's lives will be

like the lifetime of a tree.

My chosen ones will fully enjoy

the work of their hands.

For my people have committed a double evil:

They have abandoned me,

the fountain of living water,

and dug cisterns for themselves ​— ​

cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

LORD, the hope of Israel,

all who abandon you

will be put to shame.

All who turn away from me

will be written in the dirt,

for they have abandoned

the LORD, the fountain of living water.

“But tell this people, ‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

Wherever the Spirit wanted to go, the creatures went in the direction the Spirit was moving. The wheels rose alongside them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

The seller will certainly not return

to what was sold

as long as he and the buyer remain alive.[fn]

For the vision concerning her whole crowd

will not be revoked,

and because of the iniquity of each one,

none will preserve his life.

When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stood still, and when they ascended, the wheels ascended with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

“then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld[fn] like[fn] the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor[fn] in the land of the living.

“They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies[fn][fn] they had lived in its shade among the nations.

“Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit,

and her assembly is all around her burial place.

All of them are slain, fallen by the sword —

those who once spread terror

in the land of the living.

“Meshech and Tubal[fn] are there,

with all their hordes.

Their graves are all around them.

All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword,

although their terror was once spread

in the land of the living.

“For I will spread my[fn] terror

in the land of the living,

so Pharaoh and all his hordes

will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised,

with those slain by the sword.”

This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

he returns collateral, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing injustice ​— ​he will certainly live; he will not die.

“This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.

“As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was removed, but an extension of life was granted to them for a certain period of time.

Sow righteousness for yourselves

and reap faithful love;

break up your unplowed ground.

It is time to seek the LORD

until he comes and sends righteousness

on you like the rain.

I sank to the foundations of the mountains,

the earth's gates shut behind me forever!

Then you raised my life from the Pit, LORD my God!

“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave these to him; it called for reverence, and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.