'Long' in the Bible

“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?

How long will you lie down, O lazy one?When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?

“For my husband is not at home.He has gone on a long journey;

He craves all the day long [and does no work],But the righteous [willingly] gives and does not withhold [what he has].

Have I not written to you excellent thingsIn counsels and knowledge,

Do not let your heart envy sinners [who live godless lives and have no hope of salvation],But [continue to] live in the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord day by day.

Those who linger long over wine,Those who go to taste mixed wine.

By patience and a calm spirit a ruler may be persuaded,And a soft and gentle tongue breaks the bone [of resistance].

When a land does wrong, it has many princes,But when the ruler is a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability endures.

She comforts, encourages, and does him only good and not evilAll the days of her life.