“For length of days, and years of life, etc. Lest the imposition of observing precepts should disturb the listener, he prefaces with certain rewards, and so enumerates the precepts. For by the length of days, he signifies eternal light; by the years of life, the transition from this mortality; by the increase of peace,…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs
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2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
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1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
— Proverbs 3:2 —
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.