Proverbs 3:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 4:10 : 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.
Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life will I satisfy him, And shew him my salvation.
Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
1 Tim 4:8 : 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
Job 5:26 : 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.
Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.
Ps 34:11-14 : 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah. 12 What man is he that desireth life, And loveth [many] days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
Ps 128:6 : 6 Yea, see thou thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
Prov 3:16-17 : 16 Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Isa 32:17 : 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.
Isa 57:19-21 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him. 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Rom 5:1 : 1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Rom 14:17 : 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Rom 15:13 : 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 4:9-10
2 verses
80%
9She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.
10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.
Prov 3:21-23
3 verses
80%
21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.
23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble.
Eph 6:3
79%
3that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Prov 9:11
79%
11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
Prov 3:3-4
2 verses
79%
3Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
4So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
Prov 3:1
78%
1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
Prov 3:16-18
3 verses
77%
16Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
1 Kgs 3:14
77%
14And 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.
Ps 61:6
76%
6Thou wilt prolong the king's life; His years shall be as many generations.
Deut 11:21
75%
21that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
Prov 1:8-9
2 verses
75%
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
9For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
Prov 22:18
75%
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
Prov 4:21-22
2 verses
75%
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
Prov 6:20-22
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74%
20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Deut 4:40
73%
40And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deut 6:2
73%
2that thou mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Prov 2:1-2
2 verses
73%
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
2So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;
Ps 34:12
73%
12What man is he that desireth life, And loveth [many] days, that he may see good?
Prov 3:8
73%
8It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.
Prov 7:1-3
3 verses
72%
1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
2Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
3Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Deut 30:20
72%
20to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Ps 21:4
72%
4He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.
Deut 5:16
71%
16Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Prov 4:4-6
3 verses
71%
4And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
5Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
Prov 2:10-11
2 verses
71%
10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
11Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:
Exod 20:12
71%
12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Job 22:21
71%
21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.
1 Pet 3:10
71%
10For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:
Prov 8:32
71%
32Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
Prov 3:13
71%
13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
Ps 128:5-6
2 verses
71%
5Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6Yea, see thou thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
Prov 10:27
70%
27The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.