Proverbs 3:2
For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
In Context
1My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21So that your days, and the days of your children, may be long in the land which the Lord by his oath to your fathers said he would give them, like the days of the eternal heavens.
Psalms 21:4\21:3\For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.
Psalms 91:16With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
Psalms 128:6May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.
Proverbs 4:4And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
Proverbs 9:11For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.
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 →