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Proverbs 3:2
2for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall 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 teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments; for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee. 3Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart: 4and thou shalt find favour 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 riches and honour.
- Proverbs 4:10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
- Proverbs 9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
- Job 5:26Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
- Psalms 34:11Come, ye sons, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
- Psalms 91:16With length of days will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
- Psalms 128:6And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just.
- 1 Timothy 4:8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.
- Psalms 21:4He asked life of thee; thou gavest [it] him, 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 nothing doth stumble them.
- Isaiah 32:17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.
- Isaiah 57:19I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him [that is] afar off, and to him [that is] nigh, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
- Romans 5:1Therefore having been justified on the principle of faith, we have peace towards 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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