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 fulfilled while he still lives,
And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].
“It will be fulfilled while he still lives,
And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].
Job 22:15
“Will you keep to the ancient path
That wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],
“Will you keep to the ancient path
That wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not be excessively or willfully wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Jeremiah 17:11
“Like the partridge that hatches eggs which she has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune in ways that are unjust.
It will be lost to him before his days are over,
And in the end he will be [nothing but] a fool.”
“Like the partridge that hatches eggs which she has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune in ways that are unjust.
It will be lost to him before his days are over,
And in the end he will be [nothing but] a fool.”
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own all the things you have prepared?’
General references
Proverbs 9:11
For by me (wisdom from God) your days will be multiplied,
And years of life shall be increased.
For by me (wisdom from God) your days will be multiplied,
And years of life shall be increased.