“For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Proverbs 9 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.