Proverbs 10:27
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27 The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
but the years of the wicked will be short.(A)
Proverbs 9:11
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11 For by me your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.(A)
Proverbs 3:2
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2 for length of days and years of life
and abundant welfare they will give you.(A)
Psalm 91:16
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16 With long life I will satisfy them
and show them my salvation.(A)
Job 15:32-33
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32 It will be paid in full before their time,
and their branch will not be green.(A)
33 They will shake off their unripe grape, like the vine,
and cast off their blossoms, like the olive tree.(B)
Ecclesiastes 7:17
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17 Do not be too wicked, and do not be a fool; why should you die before your time?
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Psalm 34:11-13
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11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.(A)
12 Which of you desires life
and covets many days to enjoy good?(B)
13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.(C)
Psalm 21:4
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4 He asked you for life; you gave it to him—
length of days forever and ever.(A)
Proverbs 3:16
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16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.(A)
Psalm 55:23
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23 But you, O God, will cast them down
into the lowest pit;
the bloodthirsty and treacherous
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.(A)
Job 22:15-16
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15 Will you keep to the old way
that the wicked have trod?
16 They were snatched away before their time;
their foundation was washed away by a flood.(A)
Luke 12:20
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20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’(A)
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Jeremiah 17:11
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11 Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay,
so are all who amass wealth unjustly;
in midlife it will leave them,
and at their end they will prove to be fools.
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