Proverbs 3:1-2

Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

1 y My son, do not forget my teaching,
z but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 for a length of days and years of life
and b peace they will add to you.

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:8
    Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 8:1
    The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers.
    Deuteronomy 30:16
    If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
    Deuteronomy 30:20
    Loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 3:16
    Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
    Proverbs 4:10
    Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.
    Proverbs 9:11
    For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
    Proverbs 10:27
    The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
    Psalms 91:16
    With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:33
    But whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.
    Psalms 119:165
    Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
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