Proverbs 10:27
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 10
“The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.”Proverbs 10:27
What Does Proverbs 10:27 Mean?
Proverbs 10:27 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 10, verse 27 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 10:27 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 9:11“For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.”Job 5:26“Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.”Ecclesiastes 7:17“Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?”Psalms 55:23“But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.”Proverbs 19:23“The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.”Proverbs 3:2“For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”Psalms 91:16“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.”Job 15:32“It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.”Genesis 6:7“And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.”Job 22:15“Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?”Psalms 21:4“He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.”Psalms 34:11“Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.”Deuteronomy 11:9“And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”Proverbs 3:16“Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.”Luke 12:20“But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?”Deuteronomy 17:20“That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.”Jeremiah 17:11“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.”
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