KJV King James Version
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
WEB World English Bible
The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
ASV American Standard Version
The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 10
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
25 As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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.
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
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Proverbs 9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.Proverbs 3:2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.Psalm 91:16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.Job 15:32-33It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.Psalm 34:11-13Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.Job 22:15-16Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?Psalm 21:4He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.Ecclesiastes 7:17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?Proverbs 3:16Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.Psalm 55:23But 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.Luke 12:20But 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?Jeremiah 17:11[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.
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