For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, {and} that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he {is} thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

{There be} many that say, Who will shew us {any} good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. {long...: Heb. length of days}

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it {is} the gift of God.

O remember that my life {is} wind: mine eye shall no more see good. {shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}

He asked life of thee, {and} thou gavest {it} him, {even} length of days for ever and ever.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what {was} that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. {to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this {is} the whole {duty} of man. {Let...: or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is}

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Blessed {are} the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner {being} an hundred years old shall be accursed.

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

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.

Yea, though he live a thousand years twice {told}, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

{But} thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.