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Proverbs 9:11
11Wisdom will add more days and years to your life.
Proverbs 9:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- New International Version (NIV)For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
Context of Proverbs 9:11
9If you teach a wise person, he will become even more wise. If you teach a righteous person, he will learn whatever you tell him. 10If you want to be wise in the way that you live, first you must respect the Lord with fear. If you know God, the Holy One, you will understand what is right. Wisdom will add more days and years to your life. 12If you are wise, it will help you in many ways. But if you think that you do not need wisdom, you will bring trouble on yourself. 13The woman who is called ‘Fool’ speaks in a loud voice. She is silly and she does not know anything.
Read all of Proverbs 9Proverbs 9:11 word by word
כִּי־בִ֭י יִרְבּ֣וּ יָמֶ֑יךָ וְיוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 9:11
- Proverbs 3:2If you obey them, you will live a long life. You will have peace in your mind. and you will enjoy your life.
- Proverbs 10:27If you respect and obey the Lord, you will live longer. But wicked people will die before they are old.
- Deuteronomy 6:2You must respect the Lord your God with fear. You must obey his rules and his commands that I am teaching you. You, your children and your grandchildren must obey them all through your lives. If you do that, you will enjoy a long life.
Commentaries on Proverbs 9:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied - Vice shortens human life, by a necessity of consequence: and by the same, righteousness lengthens it. There is a long addition here in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate: "He who trusts in falsity feeds on the winds; and is like him who chases the fowls of heaven. He forsakes the way of his own vineyard, and errs from the paths of his own inheritance. He enters also into lonely and desert places, and into a land…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12fear of the LORD: Refer to study note on Proverbs 1:7.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. (Compare Pr 3:16-18; 4:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 9
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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