Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Note prolongeth: Heb. addeth
The fear of the Lord prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- fear
- Proverbs 3:2, 16; Proverbs 9:11; Psalm 21:4; Psalm 34:11–13; Psalm 91:16
- prolongeth
- Heb. addeth. the years.
- Job 15:32, 33; Job 22:15, 16; Psalm 55:23; Ecclesiastes 7:17; Jeremiah 17:11; Luke 12:20