He ordered, “Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.”

they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

So they will give life to you, and grace to adorn your neck.

He said, “Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.

But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.

You gave me life and favor, and your intervention watched over my spirit.

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord’s favor in the land of the living?

For you are the one who gives and sustains life.

But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

for they will provide a long and full life, and they will add well-being to you.

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it.

For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.

For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.