He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live before you!”

Then he uttered this oracle: “O, who will survive when God does this!

The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; Joab restored the rest of the city.

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

At that time a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats.

None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.

When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.

So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord’s mouth.

When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?”

So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many – all that is about to come is obscure.

Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease. Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians who are besieging it will live. They will escape with their lives.

However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign Lord.