The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green. He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine, and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
Will you keep to the old way that wicked men have trod? They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.
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