Proverbs 3:2
For they shall set before you length of days, and years of life, and peace.
Catholic Public Domain 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 your heart guard my precepts.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21so that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your sons, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, that he would give it to them for as long as heaven is suspended above the earth.
Psalms 21:4But you dwell in holiness, O Praise of Israel.
Psalms 91:16so that they may announce that the Lord our God is righteous and that there is no iniquity in him.
Psalms 128:6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can be pulled up:
Proverbs 4:4And he taught me, and he also said: “Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.
Proverbs 9:11For by me, your days will be multiplied and years of life will be added to you.
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 →