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# Bible verses about life

Bible verses about life tend to ask two questions: what is a life for, and how should we spend the time we have? Ecclesiastes answers with “a time for every purpose under heaven”, the Psalms ask God to teach us to number our days, and Jesus speaks of life “abundantly”.

We have grouped them into purpose, how to live, and life’s seasons. Each is quoted from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation you can use without permission.

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 26 verses and passages · World English Bible (public domain) · each one opens in the maker as a video or a phone wallpaper

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On this page

* [ Purpose and meaning ](#purpose-and-meaning)
* [ How to live well ](#how-to-live-well)
* [ Life’s seasons and time ](#life-s-seasons-and-time)
* [Short verses](#short-verses)
* [Questions](#questions)

## Purpose and meaning

Why you are here, in a few well-loved lines.

1. > The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.  
John 10:10 · World English Bible  
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2. > For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.  
Jeremiah 29:11 · World English Bible  
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3. > For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.  
Ephesians 2:10 · World English Bible  
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4. > For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.  
Psalm 139:13–14 · World English Bible  
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5. > He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?  
Micah 6:8 · World English Bible  
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6. > 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.  
Ecclesiastes 12:13 · World English Bible  
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7. > For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.  
Philippians 1:21 · World English Bible  
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8. > Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”  
John 14:6 · World English Bible  
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9. > The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.  
1 John 5:11–12 · World English Bible  
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## How to live well

Short instructions for ordinary days.

1. > Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.  
Proverbs 3:5–6 · World English Bible  
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2. > Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.  
Proverbs 4:23 · World English Bible  
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3. > A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.  
Proverbs 16:9 · World English Bible  
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4. > But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.  
Matthew 6:33 · World English Bible  
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5. > Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.  
Romans 12:2 · World English Bible  
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6. > And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.  
Colossians 3:23–24 · World English Bible  
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7. > Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.  
Ecclesiastes 9:10 · World English Bible  
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8. > I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.  
Galatians 2:20 · World English Bible  
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9. > Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.  
2 Corinthians 5:17 · World English Bible  
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10. > I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed…  
Deuteronomy 30:19 · World English Bible  
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## Life’s seasons and time

For birthdays, new years and looking back.

1. > For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.  
Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 · World English Bible  
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2. > He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.  
Ecclesiastes 3:11 · World English Bible  
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3. > So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.  
Psalm 90:12 · World English Bible  
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4. > This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!  
Psalm 118:24 · World English Bible  
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5. > Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.  
James 4:14 · World English Bible  
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6. > You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.  
Psalm 16:11 · World English Bible  
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7. > And even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.  
Isaiah 46:4 · World English Bible  
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## Short Bible verses about life

The shortest ones above, for a caption, a tattoo idea or a phone lock screen. Press **Wallpaper** to open one at full phone size, ready to download.

1. > A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.  
Proverbs 16:9 · World English Bible  
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2. > This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!  
Psalm 118:24 · World English Bible  
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3. > Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.  
Proverbs 4:23 · World English Bible  
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4. > Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”  
John 14:6 · World English Bible  
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5. > The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.  
John 10:10 · World English Bible  
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## Share a verse as an image or video

**Make a video** opens the [Bible verse video maker](https://quote.video/bible-verse-video) with the verse and its reference already in place: pick a template, add a hymn or calm music you have the rights to, and export a 9:16 MP4 for Reels, TikTok or Shorts, or 16:9 for a church screen. **Wallpaper** opens the[Bible verse wallpaper maker](https://quote.video/bible-verse-wallpaper) at the size of a phone screen, with the text kept clear of the clock; export it as a PNG and set it as your lock screen.

Everything happens in your browser, nothing is uploaded, and there is no watermark. **Copy** puts the verse and its reference on your clipboard for a message or a card.

## Questions about these life verses

### What is the Bible verse about “a time for everything”?

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven”, followed by the list of times to be born and to die, to weep and to laugh.

### Which verse talks about life to the full?

John 10:10, where Jesus says he came “that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.”

### What is a good verse about the purpose of life?

Micah 6:8 sums up what God asks: to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly. Ecclesiastes 12:13 ends that book with its own conclusion.

## More Bible verses by topic

* [ Bible verses about faith 25 verses · what faith is, trusting god with your plans, faith when you doubt ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/faith)
* [ Bible verses for birthdays 22 verses · birthday blessings, thankful for you, another year, and milestone birthdays ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/birthday)
* [ Bible verses about hope 25 verses · hope as an anchor, hope while you wait, hope beyond this life ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/hope)
* [ Bible verses about gratitude 23 verses · give thanks, thankful in every circumstance, for grace, harvest and thanksgiving ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/gratitude)
* [ Love ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/love)
* [ Strength ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/strength)
* [ Healing ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/healing)
* [ Encouragement ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/encouragement)
* [ Peace ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/peace)
* [ Anxiety ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/anxiety)
* [ Forgiveness ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/forgiveness)
* [ Friendship ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/friendship)
* [ Relationships ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/relationships)
* [ Family ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/family)
* [ Marriage ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/marriage)
* [ Grief ](https://quote.video/bible-verses/grief)

## About the text

Every verse is quoted from the World English Bible, a modern English translation its editors have placed in the public domain, as published by [Project Gutenberg (ebook #8294)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8294). Only the typography is changed: curly quotation marks, psalm titles and musical notes left out, and an ellipsis where a passage stops mid-sentence. American spellings (honor, neighbor) are the translation’s own. You are free to copy, print and share it. More about the choice of translation is on the [Bible verses page](https://quote.video/bible-verses).
