New King James Version
Proverbs 3:2
2For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you.
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 Living Translation (NLT)If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying.
Context of Proverbs 3:2
1My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you. 3Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart, 4And so find favor and high esteem 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
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Cross-references for Proverbs 3:2
- Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.
- Proverbs 4:10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.
- Proverbs 9:11For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
- Job 5:26You shall come to the grave at a full age, As a sheaf of grain ripens in its season.
- Psalms 34:11Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
- Psalms 91:16With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.”
- Psalms 128:6Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- 1 Timothy 4:8For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.
- Psalms 21:4He asked life from You, and You gave it to him— Length of days forever and ever.
- Proverbs 3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
- Psalms 119:165Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble.
- Isaiah 32:17The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
- Isaiah 57:19“I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,” Says the Lord, “And I will heal him.”
- Romans 5:1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with 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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