Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

General references

Bible References

The years

Job 15:32
It will be accomplished before his time,
and his branch will not flourish.
Job 22:15
Will you continue on the ancient path
that wicked men have walked?
Psalm 55:23
God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Jeremiah 17:11
He who makes a fortune unjustly
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.
Luke 12:20
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

General references

Proverbs 9:11
For by Wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.

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