What Does the Bible Say About Meaningful Life?

Isaiah 53:1-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. ...

John 14:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

John 10:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 1:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 10:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Proverbs 27:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Acts 26:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.

Acts 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

1 John 5:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

Romans 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

John 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Romans 4:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

John 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Matthew 10:32-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Ezekiel 26:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He will kill with the sword your daughters on the mainland. He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.

Ezekiel 26:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

Isaiah 39:5-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

1 John 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

2 Peter 1:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

James 2:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; ...

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Romans 10:9-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 2:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

34 Bible Verses about Meaningful Life

Isaiah 53:1-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 14:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 10:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 26:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 5:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 4:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:32-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 26:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 26:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 39:5-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Peter 1:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:9-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Meaningful Life

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Isaiah 53:1-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 14:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 10:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 26:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 5:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 4:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 10:32-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 26:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 26:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 39:5-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Peter 1:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 2:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 10:9-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:41 ESV / 1 helpful vote