Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they increase unto thee.
Leeser Tanakh
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 keep my commandments;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21In order that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord swore unto your fathers to give unto them, as the days of the heavens over the earth.
Psalms 21:4(21:5) Life hath he asked of thee, thou gavest it to him, length of days for ever and ever.
Psalms 91:16With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will let him see my salvation.
Psalms 128:6And see thou thy children's children: may there be peace upon Israel.
Proverbs 4:4And he instructed me, and said unto me, Let thy heart grasp firmly my words: observe my commandments and live.
Proverbs 9:11For through me shall thy days be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased unto 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 →