American Standard Version
Proverbs 3:2
2For length of days, and years of life,And peace, will they add to thee.
Proverbs 3:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
- New International Version (NIV)for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you.
Context of Proverbs 3:2
1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. 3Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: 4So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:2 word by word
כִּ֤י אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים וּשְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּ֑ים וְ֝שָׁל֗וֹם יוֹסִ֥יפוּ לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:2
- Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
- Proverbs 4:10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.
- Proverbs 9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
- Job 5:26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.
- Psalms 34:11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
- Psalms 91:16With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.
- Psalms 128:6Yea, see thou thy children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- 1 Timothy 4:8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
- Psalms 21:4He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.
- Proverbs 3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
- Psalms 119:165Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
- Isaiah 32:17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.
- Isaiah 57:19I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
- Romans 5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Romans 14:17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For length of days - Three eminent blessings are promised here: ימים ארך orech yamim, long days; חיים שנות shenoth chaiyim, years of lives; 3. שלום shalom, prosperity; i.e. health, long life, and abundance.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Three words carry on the chain of blessings: (1) “Length of days” (see the Psalm 91:16 note); (2) “Years of life,” i. e., of a life worth living (compare Psalm 30:5; Psalm 42:8); (3) “Peace,” tranquility inward and outward, the serenity of life continuing through old age until death. Compare 1 Timothy 4:8.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2People who follow God's laws often live longer. Wickedness usually harms both body and mind. However, sometimes evil people live longer than good people (Ecclesiastes 7:15–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. length ... life--often promised as blessings (Psa 21:4; 91:16). peace--includes prosperity (Psa 125:5). add--abound to thee.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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