Sarah's Death and Burial

Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

An Eye for an Eye

“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.

Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.

The Choice of Life and Death

“For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.

“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

And the men said to her, “Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.”

And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.

The woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then are you laying a trap for my life to bring about my death?”

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

And now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.’ And so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal that is left and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”

But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”

His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death.

For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the Lord of hosts.

“And to this people you shall say: ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”