Proverbs 10:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord prolongs one's days, but the years of the wicked shall be made short.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Common English Bible

²⁷ The fear of the LORD increases one’s life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ The fear of the Lord adds days. And the years of the impious will be shortened.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Proverbs 10:27 Cross References

Psalm 21:4

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

Psalm 55:23

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

Psalm 91:16

With long life will I satisfy him, And shew him my salvation.

Psalm 92:15

To shew that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 28:18

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered: But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Proverbs 3:16

Length of days is in her right had; In her left hand are riches and honour.

Proverbs 3:2

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

Proverbs 9:11

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

Ecclesiastes 7:17

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge that gathereth young which she hath not brought forth, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

Luke 12:20

But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

Deuteronomy 11:9

and that ye may prolong your days upon the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.