Proverbs 3:16

The Passion Translation

Wisdom extends to you long life in one hand and wealth and promotion in the other. Out of her mouth flows righteousness, and her words release both law and mercy.

Cross References

Psalm 112:3

Great blessing and wealth fills the house of the wise, for their integrity endures forever.

Psalm 21:4

He wanted life —you have given it to him and more! The days of his blessing stretch on one after another, forever!

Psalm 71:9

Now that I’m old, don’t set me aside. Don’t let go of me when my strength is spent.

Proverbs 22:4

Laying your life down in tender surrender before the Lord will bring life, prosperity, and honor as your reward.

Proverbs 9:11

Wisdom will extend your life, making every year more fruitful than the one before.

Mark 10:30

it will come back to him a hundred times as much in this lifetime—homes, family, mothers, brothers, sisters, children, possessions—along with persecutions. And in the age to come, he will inherit eternal life.

2 Corinthians 6:10

We may suffer, yet in every season we are always found rejoicing. We may be poor, yet we bestow great riches on many. We seem to have nothing, yet in reality we possess all things.

1 Timothy 4:8

For athletic training only benefits you for a short season, but righteousness brings lasting benefit in everything; for righteousness contains the promise of life, for time and eternity.