What other scriptures emphasize the life-extending benefits of wisdom and understanding? Root Verse: Proverbs 9:11 “For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.” Echoes in Proverbs: The Same Promise Repeated • Proverbs 3:1-2 – “For they will prolong your days and years of life and bring you peace and prosperity.” • Proverbs 3:13-18 – “Long life is in her right hand… She is a tree of life to those who embrace her.” • Proverbs 4:10 – “Listen, my son… and the years of your life will be many.” • Proverbs 8:35-36 – “Whoever finds me finds life… all who hate me love death.” • Proverbs 10:27 – “The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.” • Proverbs 14:27 – “The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.” • Proverbs 19:23 – “The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.” • Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 – “Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.” Moses, David, and the Prophets: Covenant Wisdom Extends Days • Deuteronomy 30:19-20 – “Choose life… For He is your life, and He will prolong your days.” • Psalm 34:11-14 – “Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days? Keep your tongue from evil…” • Psalm 91:16 – “With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.” • 1 Kings 3:14 – “If you walk in My ways… I will prolong your days.” New Testament Echoes: Wisdom in Obedience and Honor • Ephesians 6:2-3 – “Honor your father and mother… that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” • 1 Peter 3:10 (quoting Psalm 34) – “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil…” • James 3:17-18 – Wisdom from above “is first of all pure… peace-loving… full of mercy… peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.” Why Wisdom Really Lengthens Life • Guards from destructive choices (Proverbs 13:14). • Fosters healthy habits—peace, diligence, restraint. • Aligns us with God’s moral order; His blessing rests on obedience. • Positions us for divine protection and favor (Psalm 91). • Ultimately secures eternal life in Christ, the fullness to which every temporal promise points (John 17:3). Living It Out 1. Seek wisdom daily in Scripture (Proverbs 2:1-6). 2. Ask God for it without doubting (James 1:5). 3. Walk it out in obedience, humility, and the fear of the Lord—“for that will be health to your body and nourishment to your bones” (Proverbs 3:8). |
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