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 shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.
Job 22:15
Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
Psalm 55:23
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
Luke 12:20
"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared -- whose will they be?'
General references
Proverbs 9:11
For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.