Proverbs 3:2
For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they add to thee.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
In Context
1My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21that your days may multiply, and the days of your children, upon the soil which Yahweh sware unto your fathers, to give unto them,—like the days of the heavens upon the earth.
Psalms 21:4Life, he asked of thee, Thou hast given it him, length of days, to times age-abiding and beyond.
Psalms 91:16With length of days, will I satisfy him, And will show him my salvation.
Psalms 128:6And behold thou thy children’s children,—Prosperity on Israel!
Proverbs 4:4So he taught me, and said to me—Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!
Proverbs 9:11For, by me, shall be multiplied—thy days, and there be added to thee—the years of life.
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 →