Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and years of life, and peace, they will add to thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
In Context
1My son, do not forget my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your sons, in the land which LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
Psalms 21:4He asked life from thee. Thou gave it him, even length of days forever and ever.
Psalms 91:16I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.
Psalms 128:6Yea, see thou thy son's sons. Peace be upon Israel.
Proverbs 4:4And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:2-7
Communion Conferred by Wisdom. 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. We are… Read the whole commentary →