Proverbs 10:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

The fear of the LORD prolongs 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 cast off his flower as the olive.
  • Prov 3:2 : 2 For they will add to you length of days, long life, and peace.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
  • Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.
  • Prov 3:16 : 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.
  • Job 22:15-16 : 15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden, 16 Who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
  • Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life from you, and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.
  • Ps 34:11-13 : 11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 Who is the man that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets 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 to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 8:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

    13But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

  • Prov 19:23
    77%

    23The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  • Prov 14:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.

    27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.

  • Prov 10:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

    29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 9:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

    11For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

  • Ps 111:10
    74%

    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do his commandments; his praise endures forever.

  • Prov 10:24
    74%

    24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him, but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • Prov 23:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all day long.

    18For surely there is an end, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Ps 90:9-12
    4 verses
    72%

    9For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

    10The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their strength is labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

    11Who knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath.

    12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.

  • Ps 61:6
    71%

    6You will prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.

  • Prov 10:16
    71%

    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 8:13
    71%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 22:4
    71%

    4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life.

  • Job 15:20
    71%

    20The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.

  • Eccl 7:15
    71%

    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

  • Prov 15:16
    71%

    16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Ps 102:23
    71%

    23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

  • Prov 3:2
    70%

    2For they will add to you length of days, long life, and peace.

  • Prov 28:14
    70%

    14Happy is the man who always fears, but he who hardens his heart will fall into mischief.

  • Eccl 7:17
    70%

    17Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?

  • Ps 128:4
    70%

    4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.

  • Ps 112:10
    70%

    10The wicked shall see it and be grieved; he shall gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Ps 36:1
    70%

    1The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Prov 14:32
    70%

    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Prov 15:33
    70%

    33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.

  • Prov 20:2
    70%

    2The fear of a king is like the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

  • Ps 34:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

    12Who is the man that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

    26As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

  • Prov 1:7
    69%

    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Prov 14:2
    69%

    2He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

  • Ps 37:10
    69%

    10For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; yes, you shall look for his place, and it shall not be.

  • Job 28:28
    69%

    28And to man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'

  • Prov 3:7
    69%

    7Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

  • Ps 37:38
    69%

    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 10:7
    69%

    7The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.

  • Prov 13:13
    69%

    13Whoever despises the word shall be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

  • Ps 19:9
    69%

    9The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

  • Prov 2:5
    69%

    5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

  • Job 21:7
    69%

    7Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, grow mighty in power?

  • Ps 37:34
    69%

    34Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.