Proverbs 3:2 (BSB)

for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

From Proverbs 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 3:2

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 3:1-6: 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 advantage. I. We must have a continual regard to God's precepts, Pro 3:1, Pro 3:2. 1.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 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 observers of it; but the Gospel of Christ brings an immortal life to light and promises to all believers in him that they shall not perish, but shall have everlasting life.
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 3:2: length . . . life--often promised as blessings (Psa 21:4; Psa 91:16). peace--includes prosperity (Psa 125:5). add--abound to thee.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 3:2: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. (a) Long life is the blessing of God which he gives to his, so far as it is expedient for them.