Verse 27

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Referenced Verses

• Job 15:32-33 : 32 It shall be accomplished before his time. 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 tree.
• Prov 3:2 : 2 for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.
• Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, God, will 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. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
• Ps 91:16 : 16 I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
• Prov 3:16 : 16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
• Job 22:15-16 : 15 Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden, 16 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
• Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of you, 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 Yahweh. 12 Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
• Eccl 7:17 : 17 Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
• Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
• Luke 12:20 : 20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'