Proverbs 3:2 (DBY)

Passage

for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;

Proverbs 3:2 for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.

Proverbs 3:3 Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

Proverbs 3:4 and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "length", "days", "years", "life", "peace", "shall", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "length" and "days", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "My son forget not my teaching and..." into verse 3's "Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee...", so "length" and "days" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "length" and "days" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.