Natural Life
57 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
34 sections
- Be not Over-Anxious to Provide for Its Wants
- Be Thankful For: The Preservation of
- Be Thankful For: The Supply of Its Wants
- Cares and Pleasures of, Dangerous
- Forfeited by Sin
- Full of Trouble
- God is the Author of
- God Preserves
- God's Loving-Kindness Better Than
- Limited
- Miraculously Restored by Christ
- Obedience to God, Tends to Prolong
- Obedience to Parents, Tends to Prolong
- Preserved by Discretion
- Saints Have True Enjoyment of
- Short
- Shortness of, should Lead to Spiritual Improvement
- should be Laid Down, If Necessary, for Christ
- should be Laid Down, If Necessary, for the Brethren
- should be Spent in Doing Good
- should be Spent in Living to God
- should be Spent in Peace
- should be Spent in The Fear of God
- should be Spent in The Service of God
- should be Taken all Due Care of
- Sometimes Judicially Shortened
- Sometimes Prolonged, in Answer to Prayer
- The Dissatisfied Despise
- The Enjoyment of, Consists not in Abundance of Possessions
- The Value of
- The Wicked Have Their Portion of Good, During
- Uncertain
- Vain
- we Know not What is Good for Us In
Be not Over-Anxious to Provide for Its Wants
- Matthew 6:25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Be Thankful For: The Preservation of
- Psalm 103:4 who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
- John 2:6 Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
Be Thankful For: The Supply of Its Wants
- Genesis 48:15 Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
Cares and Pleasures of, Dangerous
- Luke 8:14 The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
- Luke 21:34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life — and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- 2 Timothy 2:4 A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
Forfeited by Sin
- Genesis 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
- Genesis 3:17–19 And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. …
Full of Trouble
- Job 14:1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
God is the Author of
- Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Acts 17:28 ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
God Preserves
- Psalm 36:6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
- Psalm 66:9 He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
God's Loving-Kindness Better Than
- Psalm 63:3 Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
Limited
Miraculously Restored by Christ
- Matthew 9:18 While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
- Matthew 9:25 After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
- Luke 7:15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
- Luke 7:22 So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- John 11:43 After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
Obedience to God, Tends to Prolong
- Deuteronomy 30:20 and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Obedience to Parents, Tends to Prolong
- Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Proverbs 4:10 Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
Preserved by Discretion
- Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Saints Have True Enjoyment of
- Psalm 128:2 For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
- 1 Timothy 4:8 For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
Short
- Job 14:1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- Psalm 89:47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Shortness of, should Lead to Spiritual Improvement
- Deuteronomy 32:29 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
should be Laid Down, If Necessary, for Christ
- Matthew 10:39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be My disciple.
- Acts 20:24 But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus — the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
should be Laid Down, If Necessary, for the Brethren
- Romans 16:4 who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
- 1 John 3:16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
should be Spent in Doing Good
- Ecclesiastes 3:12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
should be Spent in Living to God
- Romans 14:8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
- Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
should be Spent in Peace
- Romans 12:18 If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
- 1 Timothy 2:2 for kings and all those in authority— so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
should be Spent in The Fear of God
- 1 Peter 1:17 Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
should be Spent in The Service of God
- Luke 1:75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
should be Taken all Due Care of
- Matthew 10:23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- Acts 27:34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
Sometimes Judicially Shortened
- 1 Samuel 2:32–33 You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age. …
- Job 36:14 They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
Sometimes Prolonged, in Answer to Prayer
- Isaiah 38:2–5 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, …
- James 5:15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
The Dissatisfied Despise
- Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
The Enjoyment of, Consists not in Abundance of Possessions
- Luke 12:15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
The Value of
- Job 2:4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
- Matthew 6:25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
The Wicked Have Their Portion of Good, During
- Psalm 17:14 from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Luke 6:24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
- Luke 16:25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
Uncertain
- James 4:13–15 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” …
Vain
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
we Know not What is Good for Us In
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.