Proverbs 3:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare will they give you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² For length of days, and long life, And peace, shall they add to thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.

Common English Bible

² because they will help you live a long time and provide you with well-being.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² For they shall set before you length of days, and years of life, and peace.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.

Proverbs 3:2 Cross References

1 Kings 3:14

And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”

Job 5:26

You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.

Psalm 119:165

Great peace have those who love thy law; nothing can make them stumble.

Psalm 128:6

May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel!

Psalm 21:4

He asked life of thee; thou gavest it to him, length of days for ever and ever.

Psalm 91:16

With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.

Proverbs 16:31

A hoary head is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Proverbs 4:10

Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me, and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live;

Proverbs 9:11

For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

Isaiah 32:17

And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust for ever.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 11:21

that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

Deuteronomy 5:32

You shall be careful to do therefore as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

1 Timothy 4:8

for 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.