Proverbs 3:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

👥 Who is this for?

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Students of biblical languages
Pastors and teachers
Serious Bible students
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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{H8686)} him, and shew{H8686)} him my salvation.
Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable{(G5624)} unto all things, having promise of the life that 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 corn cometh in in his season.
Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Ps 34:11-14 : 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. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Ps 128:6 : 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
Prov 3:16-17 : 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of the LORD 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 assurance 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 the LORD; and I will heal him. 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Rom 5:1 : 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Rom 15:13 : 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour 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 shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall 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
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80%
21My son, let not them 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 safely, 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
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11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Prov 3:3-4
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79%
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Prov 3:1
78%
1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Prov 3:16-18
3 verses
77%
16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
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{H8686)} the king's life: and his years as many generations.
Deut 11:21
75%
21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon 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 an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Prov 22:18
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18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Prov 4:21-22
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21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine 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 thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Deut 4:40
73%
40Thou shalt keep therefore 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 upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deut 6:2
73%
2That thou mightest fear the LORD 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 hide my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Ps 34:12
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12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Prov 3:8
73%
8It shall 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 table of thine heart.
Deut 30:20
72%
20That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Ps 21:4
72%
4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Deut 5:16
71%
16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Prov 4:4-6
3 verses
71%
4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Prov 2:10-11
2 verses
71%
10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Exod 20:12
71%
12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD 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 will 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 hearken unto me, O ye children: 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%
5The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
Prov 10:27
70%
27The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.