English Standard Version
Proverbs 3:16
16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.
- New Living Translation (NLT)She offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.
Context of Proverbs 3:16
14for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. 15She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. 17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:16 word by word
אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים בִּֽימִינָ֑הּ בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ עֹ֣שֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 3:16
- Proverbs 3:2for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
- Proverbs 4:10Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.
- Psalms 21:4He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.
- Psalms 71:9Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.
- 1 Timothy 4:8for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
- Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
- Proverbs 8:18Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.
- 1 Kings 3:13I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.
- Mark 10:30who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
- 2 Corinthians 6:10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; 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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