Proverbs 3:2
For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21That thy days may be multiplied, and the days of thy children in the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers, that he would give them as long as the heaven hangeth over the earth.
Psalms 21:4For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.
Psalms 91:16I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.
Proverbs 4:4And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
Proverbs 9:11For by me shall thy days 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 →