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Proverbs 9:11
11For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.
Context of Proverbs 9:11
9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. 10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. 12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer. 13Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
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 3:2for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.
- Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.
- Deuteronomy 6:2so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy 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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