And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Proverbs 3:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For length of days, and years of life, And peace, shall they add to thee. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For length of days, and long life, And peace, shall they add to thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For length of days and years of a life [worth living] and tranquility [inward and outward and continuing through old age till death], these shall they add to you. American Standard Version (1901) For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. Common English Bible because they will help you live a long time and provide you with well-being. Catholic Public Domain Version For they shall set before you length of days, and years of life, and peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace. |
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
Great peace have they which love thy law; And they have none occasion of stumbling.
He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him; Even length of days for ever and ever.
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The hoary head is a crown of glory, It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live:
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Ghost.
Being therefore justified by faith, let us have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, upon the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.