Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
KJV
longitudinem enim dierum, et annos vitæ, et pacem, apponent tibi.
Vulgate
μῆκος γὰρ βίου καὶ ἔτη ζωῆς καὶ εἰρήνην προσθήσουσίν σοι.
LXX
For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.
ASV
כִּ֤י אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים וּ/שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּ֑ים וְ֝/שָׁל֗וֹם יוֹסִ֥יפוּ לָֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 95×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 3:14 — 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.
- 1Pet 3:10 — For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
- 1Tim 4:8 — For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- Deut 11:9 — And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
- Deut 11:21 — That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
- Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Isa 32:17 — And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
- Isa 57:19 — I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
- Job 5:26 — Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
- Prov 3:16 — Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
- Prov 3:16 — Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
- Prov 4:10 — Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
- Prov 4:10 — Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
- Prov 9:11 — For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- Prov 9:11 — For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- Prov 10:27 — The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
- Prov 10:27 — The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
- Ps 21:4 — He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
- Ps 34:11 — Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Ps 91:16 — With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
- Ps 91:16 — With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
- Ps 119:165 — Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
- Ps 128:6 — Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
- Rom 5:1 — Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Rom 14:17 — For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
- Rom 15:13 — Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.