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Proverbs 10

Prov. 10:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The fear
yir'ah (Hebrew #3374)
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
KJV usage: X dreadful, X exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
Pronounce: yir-aw'
Origin: feminine of 3373
l of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
γprolongeth
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
: butm the years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
shall be shortened
qatsar (Hebrew #7114)
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
KJV usage: X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: kaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 9:11• 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. (Prov. 9:11)
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addeth.
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Eccl. 7:17• 17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? (Eccl. 7:17)

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fear.
Prov. 3:2,16• 2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
 16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. (Prov. 3:2,16)
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Prov. 9:11• 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. (Prov. 9:11)
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Psa. 21:4• 4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. (Psa. 21:4)
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Psa. 34:11‑13• 11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
 12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
 13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. (Psa. 34:11‑13)
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Psa. 91:16• 16With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. (Psa. 91:16)
prolongeth.
Heb. addeth.
the years.
Job 15:32‑33• 32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
 33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. (Job 15:32‑33)
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Job 22:15‑16• 15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
 16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: (Job 22:15‑16)
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Psa. 55:23• 23But 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. (Psa. 55:23)
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Eccl. 7:17• 17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? (Eccl. 7:17)
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Jer. 17:11• 11As 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. (Jer. 17:11)
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Luke 12:20• 20But 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? (Luke 12:20)
• {v.27-30} Again, in all four verses, though each a distinct proverb, we have the righteous and the lawless in contrast, both as to the present and the future. (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.