Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 3:2
2For length of days and years of life, and shalom 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 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, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my mitzvot. For length of days and years of life, and shalom they will add to you. 3Let kindness and truth never leave you— bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Then you will gain favor and a good name in the eyes 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:2
- Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
- Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son, and accept my words, so the years of your life will be many.
- Proverbs 9:11For through me your days will be many and years will be added to your life.
- Job 5:26You will come to the grave in vigor, like sheaves of grain in its season.
- Psalms 34:11Young lions may lack, and go hungry, but those who seek Adonai want for no good thing.
- Psalms 91:16With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
- Psalms 128:6and may you live to see your children’s children. Shalom be upon Israel!
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise has some benefit; but godliness is beneficial for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the one to come.
- Psalms 21:4For You met him with the best blessings. You set on his head a crown of pure gold.
- Proverbs 3:17Her ways are pleasant ways, and all of her paths are shalom.
- Psalms 119:165Great peace have they who love Your Torah, and nothing causes them to stumble.
- Isaiah 32:17The result of righteousness will be shalom and the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
- Isaiah 57:19Creating the praise of lips: ‘Shalom, shalom to him who is far and to him who is near,’ says Adonai, ‘and I will heal him.’”
- Romans 5:1Therefore, having been made righteous by trusting, we have shalom with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
- Romans 14:17for the kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking, but righteousness and shalom and joy in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
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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