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
He shall perish, before his time be worn out, and his hand shall not be green.
Job 22:15
"Well, thou wilt keep the old way, that all wicked men have gone:
Psalm 55:23
But as for them, thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. Nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O LORD.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
be neither too unrighteous also nor too foolish, lest thou die before thy time.
Jeremiah 17:11
The deceitful maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no young: He cometh by riches, but not righteously. In the midst of his life must he leave them behind him, and at the last be found a very fool.
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'
General references
Proverbs 9:11
For through me thy days shall be prolonged, and the years of thy life shall be many.