Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you.
Updated King James Version
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; but let yours heart keep my commandments:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Psalms 21:4He asked life of you, and you gave it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Psalms 91:16With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
Psalms 128:6Yea, you shall see your children's children, and peace upon Israel.
Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let yours heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 9:11For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
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 →