But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.
And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:
And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.
And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.
Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!
Then we will come on him in some place, wherever he may be, falling on him as the dew comes on the earth: and of him and all the men who are with him not one will get away with his life.
And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.
Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.
And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?
And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.
And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.
It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.
And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.
And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, in the hope of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,
Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
On the third day God gave him back to life, and let him be seen,
And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.
And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;
For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.
Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.
And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.
And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.
But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.
And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.
This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.
All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;
Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?
But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.
And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.
And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.
Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.
The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.
And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.
Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.
And the bowman will not keep his place; he who is quick-footed will not get away safely: and the horseman will not keep his life.
Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.
For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:
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