Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 3:16
16Long life is in her right hand; in her left, riches and honor.
Proverbs 3:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
- New International Version (NIV)Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.
Context of Proverbs 3:16
14for she is more profitable than silver, and her revenue is better than gold. 15She is more precious than jewels; nothing you desire can equal her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left, riches and honor. 17Her ways are pleasant, and all her paths, peaceful. 18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who hold on to her are happy.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:16 word by word
אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים בִּֽימִינָ֑הּ בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ עֹ֣שֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:16
- Proverbs 3:2for they will bring you many days, a full life, and well-being.
- Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son. Accept my words, and you will live many years.
- Psalms 21:4He asked you for life, and you gave it to him — length of days forever and ever.
- Psalms 71:9Don’t discard me in my old age. As my strength fails, do not abandon me.
- 1 Timothy 4:8For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
- Proverbs 4:6Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you; love her, and she will guard you.
- Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and honor, lasting wealth and righteousness.
- 1 Kings 3:13In addition, I will give you what you did not ask for: both riches and honor, so that no king will be your equal during your entire life.
- Mark 10:30who will not receive a hundred times more, now at this time — houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions — and eternal life in the age to come.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21So let no one boast in human leaders, for everything is yours —
- 2 Corinthians 6:10as grieving, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Length of days is in her right hand - A wicked man shortens his days by excesses; a righteous man prolongs his by temperance. In her left hand riches and honor - That is, her hands are full of the choicest benefits. There is nothing to be understood here by the right hand in preference to the left.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all in it, and be willing to part with all for it. This Wisdom is the Lord Jesus Christ and his salvation, sought and obtained by faith and prayer. Were it not for unbelief, remaining sinfulness, and carelessness, we should find all our ways pleasantness…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. Wisdom personified as bringing the best blessings (compare Mt 6:33; 1Ti 4:8).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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