Proverbs 3:2

For they shall set to thee the length of days, and the years of life, and peace.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

In Context

1My son, forget thou not my law; and thine heart keep my commandments.

3Mercy and truth forsake thee not; bind thou those to thy throat, and write them in the tables of thine heart. (Let not mercy and truth desert thee; bind thou them about thy neck, and write them on the tablets of thy heart.)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:21that the days of thee and of thy sons be multiplied in the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers, that he should give to them, as long as heaven is above (the) earth. (so that the days of thee and of thy sons, can be multiplied in the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers to give them, for as long as the heavens be above the earth.)

Psalms 21:4He asked of thee life, and thou gavest it to him; the length of days into the world, and into the world of world. (He asked for life from thee, and thou gavest it to him; yea, length of days forever and ever.)

Psalms 91:16I shall [ful] fill him with the length of days; and I shall show mine health to him. (I shall fulfill him with length of days, that is, with a long life; and I shall give my salvation, or my deliverance, to him, or and I shall save him.)

Psalms 128:6And see thou the sons of thy sons; see thou peace on Israel. (And may thou see the children of thy children. May peace be upon Israel.)

Proverbs 4:4And my father taught me, and said, Thine heart receive my words; keep thou my behests (or obey my commands), and thou shalt live.

Proverbs 9:11For thy days shall be multiplied by me; and [the] years of (thy) life shall be increased to 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 →

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