Proverbs 9:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:16 : 16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.
  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
  • Prov 3:2 : 2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
  • Deut 6:2 : 2 So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:2
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    2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

  • Prov 4:10-11
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    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

    11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

  • Ps 61:6
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    6 You will give the king long life; and make his years go on through the generations.

  • Prov 10:27
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    27 The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

  • Prov 9:9-10
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    9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

    10 The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

  • Deut 11:21
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    21 So that your days, and the days of your children, may be long in the land which the Lord by his oath to your fathers said he would give them, like the days of the eternal heavens.

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
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    14 And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

  • Prov 3:16
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    16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

  • Job 12:12
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    12 Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

    11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Job 8:7
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    7 And though your start was small, your end will be very great.

  • Eccl 11:8-9
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    8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

    9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

  • Prov 3:8
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    8 This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones.

  • Prov 8:35
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    35 For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.

  • Ps 90:12
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    12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

  • Job 11:17
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    17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12 What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

  • 2 Chr 1:12
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    12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

  • Eccl 7:11-12
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    11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

    12 Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

  • Job 10:5
    71%

    5 Are your days as the days of man, or your years like his,

  • Prov 4:7
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    7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Prov 2:5
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    5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

  • Prov 4:4
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    4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

  • Eph 6:3
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    3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

  • Ps 36:9
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    9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

  • Ps 115:14
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    14 May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.

  • Eccl 2:9
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    9 And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

  • Prov 9:12
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    12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

  • Ps 21:4
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    4 He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

  • Prov 8:14
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    14 Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Prov 3:13
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    13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

  • Isa 33:6
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    6 And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.

  • Ps 19:11
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    11 By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

  • Prov 22:4
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    4 The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

  • Ps 111:10
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    10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

  • Prov 8:11
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    11 For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

  • Eccl 9:9
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    9 Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

  • Ps 71:21
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    21 You will make me greater than before, and give me comfort on every side.

  • Prov 3:22
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    22 So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

  • Prov 24:14
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    14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 5:9
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    9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

  • Prov 24:5
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    5 A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.

  • Job 32:7
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    7 I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

  • Prov 22:19
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    19 So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.