Proverbs 3:2 (WEB)

Passage

for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 3:1 My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

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

Proverbs 3:3 Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 3:4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "length", "days", "years", "life", and "peace". 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 don t forget my teaching..." into verse 3's "Don t let kindness and truth forsake...", 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.