Proverbs 9:11

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time.

If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”

So Job died, being old and full of days.

Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.

He died at a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

“No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child will die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed.

When you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately.”

Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

“ ‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

that your days and your children’s days may be multiplied in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.

You shall walk after Yahweh your God, fear him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice. You shall serve him, and cling to him.

that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh’s hand is mighty, and that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.’ ”

Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

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

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

“By your endurance you will win your lives.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.

In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”