Proverbs 3:2
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2 If you do this, you will live many years,
and your life will be satisfying.
Ephesians 6:1-3
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Children and Parents
6 Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord,[a] for this is the right thing to do. 2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: 3 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”[b]
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- 6:1 Or Children, obey your parents who belong to the Lord; some manuscripts read simply Children, obey your parents.
- 6:2-3 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16.
Proverbs 4:10
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10 My child,[a] listen to me and do as I say,
and you will have a long, good life.
Proverbs 9:11
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11 Wisdom will multiply your days
and add years to your life.
Psalm 91:16
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16 I will reward them with a long life
and give them my salvation.”
Romans 15:13
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13 I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Psalm 119:165
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165 Those who love your instructions have great peace
and do not stumble.
Psalm 128:6
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6 May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.
May Israel have peace!
Proverbs 10:27
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27 Fear of the Lord lengthens one’s life,
but the years of the wicked are cut short.
1 Timothy 4:8
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8 “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.”
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Romans 5:1
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Faith Brings Joy
5 Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace[a] with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
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- 5:1 Some manuscripts read let us have peace.
Isaiah 57:19-21
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19 bringing words of praise to their lips.
May they have abundant peace, both near and far,”
says the Lord, who heals them.
20 “But those who still reject me are like the restless sea,
which is never still
but continually churns up mud and dirt.
21 There is no peace for the wicked,”
says my God.
Proverbs 3:16-17
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16 She offers you long life in her right hand,
and riches and honor in her left.
17 She will guide you down delightful paths;
all her ways are satisfying.
Psalm 21:4
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4 He asked you to preserve his life,
and you granted his request.
The days of his life stretch on forever.
Romans 14:17
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17 For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Isaiah 32:17
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17 And this righteousness will bring peace.
Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
Psalm 34:11-14
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11 Come, my children, and listen to me,
and I will teach you to fear the Lord.
12 Does anyone want to live a life
that is long and prosperous?
13 Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies!
14 Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
Job 5:26
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26 You will go to the grave at a ripe old age,
like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!
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