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21 so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

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Admonition to Keep to the Right Path

10 Hear, my child, and accept my words,
    that the years of your life may be many.

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for length of days and years of life
    and abundant welfare they will give you.(A)

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11 For by me your days will be multiplied,
    and years will be added to your life.(A)

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May he live[a] while the sun endures
    and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 72.5 Gk: Heb may they fear you

40 Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”(A)

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28 Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
    and my covenant with him will stand firm.(A)
29 I will establish his line forever
    and his throne as long as the heavens endure.(B)

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Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand years.(A)

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20 No more shall there be in it
    an infant who lives but a few days
    or an old person who does not live out a lifetime,
for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth,
    and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.(A)

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16 Long life is in her right hand;
    in her left hand are riches and honor.(A)

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16 “ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long.(A)

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