Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Webster Bible
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 thy 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 to your fathers to give to them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Psalms 21:4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it to him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Psalms 91:16With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
Psalms 128:6Yes, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy 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 →