Proverbs 3:2

For length of days, and long life,.... Or, "years of life", or "lives" (f); a long life of usefulness and comfort here, and eternal life hereafter: the law of Moses promised a long life to the…

Three words carry on the chain of blessings: (1) “Length of days” (see the Psa 91:16 note); (2) “Years of life,” i. e., of a life worth living (compare Psa 30:5; Psa 42:8); (3) “Peace,” tranquility…

We are here taught to live a life of communion with God; and without controversy great is this mystery of godliness, and of great consequence to us, and, as is here shown, will be of unspeakable…

long life Rather, with A.V. marg. and R.V. text, years of life. There is perhaps a climax; not only length of days, prolonged existence, but years of life truly so-called, life worth living. The…