Proverbs 3:2
for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
In Context
1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens [which are] above the earth.
Psalms 21:4He asked life of thee; thou gavest [it] him, length of days for ever and ever.
Psalms 91:16With length of days will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Psalms 128:6And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!
Proverbs 4:4And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
Proverbs 9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
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 →