20 Bible Verses about Living On

Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.”

Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

They said, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.”

Then Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen your face and know you are still alive!”

So they dressed with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’”

So he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”

He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive?”

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But they could not answer him because they were terrified in his presence.

They answered, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

Only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to scout out the land.

Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, “Look, your son is alive.”

While he was still going down, his slaves met him saying that his boy was alive.

But Paul went down, fell on him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, for his life is in him!”

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

Though I sow them among the nations,
they will remember Me in the distant lands;
they and their children will live and return.

For we say this to you by a revelation from the Lord: We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly have no advantage over those who have fallen asleep.

Then we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord.

For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

as unknown yet recognized;
as dying and look—we live;
as being disciplined yet not killed;

Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.