Proverbs 3:2
because if you obey them you will live a long time and things will go well for you
Translation for Translators
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 what I have taught you. Keep my commands in your inner being,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21Do that in order that you and your children will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them. That land will belong to you and your descendants as long as there is a sky above the earth.
Psalms 21:4I/He asked you to enable me/him to live for a long time, and that is what you gave me/him, a very long [HYP] life.
Psalms 91:16I will reward them by enabling them to live a long time, and I will save them.”
Psalms 128:6I desire that you will live many years, long enough to see your grandchildren. I desire/hope that things will go well for the people in Israel!
Proverbs 4:4my father told me, “Remember my words; if you obey my commandments, you will live a long time.
Proverbs 9:11If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].
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 →