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

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. {obtain: Heb. bring forth}

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. {long...: Heb. years of life}

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. {condemnation: or, judgment}

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

O remember that my life {is} wind: mine eye shall no more see good. {shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}

But blessed {are} your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

She {is} a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy {is every one} that retaineth her.

And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? {there is} none good but one, {that is}, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

For they {are} life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. {health: Heb. medicine}

{I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

For it {is} not a vain thing for you; because it {is} your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong {your} days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. {He...: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life}

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. {He...: Heb. The soul shall}

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

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. {to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same {is} a perfect man, {and} able also to bridle the whole body.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with {their} lips; but their heart is far from me.

{Let} love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, {but} gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. {wisdom: Heb. an heart}

For it {is} not a vain thing for you; because it {is} your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong {your} days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. {dwell...: Heb. lodge in goodness}

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.

And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

{But} thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.