Proverbs 10:27
¶ The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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- Job 15:32-33 : 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
- Prov 3:2 : 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
- Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
- Prov 3:16 : 16 Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.
- Job 22:15-16 : 15 ¶ Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
- Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.
- Ps 34:11-13 : 11 ¶ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 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.
- Eccl 7:17 : 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
- Jer 17:11 : 11 [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
- Luke 12:20 : 20 ‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›
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12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
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23 ¶ The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
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26 ¶ In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27 The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Prov 10:28-292 verses75%
28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29 ¶ The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
- Prov 9:10-112 verses74%
10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
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24 ¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
- Prov 23:17-182 verses73%
17 ¶ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
- Ps 90:9-124 verses72%
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].
10 The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
12 ¶ So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
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6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: [and] his years as many generations.
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16 ¶ The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
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13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
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4 ¶ By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.
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20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
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15 All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
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16 ¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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23 ¶ He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
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2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
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14 ¶ Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
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17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
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10 The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
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1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.
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32 ¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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33 ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.
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2 ¶ The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
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11 ¶ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?
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26 ¶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
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7 ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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2 ¶ He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.
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10 For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].
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28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
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7 ¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
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38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
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7 ¶ The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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13 ¶ Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
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9 The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.
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5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
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7 ¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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34 ¶ Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].