Proverbs 3:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.”

What this verse means

Read Proverbs 3:16 in the flow of Proverbs3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs3 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Length of days <FI>is<Fi> in her right hand, In her left <FI>are<Fi> wealth and honour.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 3:16 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 3:13Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
  2. Job 39:12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
  3. Psalms 21:4He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
  4. Psalms 71:9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
  5. Proverbs 3:2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
  6. Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
  7. Proverbs 4:8Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
  8. Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
  9. Proverbs 22:4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
  10. Mark 10:30will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
  11. 1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
  12. 2 Corinthians 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
  13. 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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