The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Reverence for the Lord prolongs a person's days and extends life. That prolonging is not separate from wisdom, for the fear of the Lord is part of wisdom. As part of wisdom it brings the blessing of enduring days.
Wickedness shortens human life in the present mortal body, and not only in the second death. Sin hastens bodily death and leaves people groaning and suffering rather than truly living. The objection that the wicked seem to live as long as the righteous is answered because all are transgressors who continually prove the saying true by neglecting or violating the laws of their being. Man was created for immortality, but his days have been reduced to a handbreadth.
Reverence for the Lord prolongs a person's days and extends life. That prolonging is not separate from wisdom, for the fear of the Lord is part of wisdom. As part of wisdom it brings the blessing of enduring days.
Wickedness shortens human life in the present mortal body, and not only in the second death. Sin hastens bodily death and leaves people groaning and suffering rather than truly living. The objection that the wicked seem to live as long as the righteous is answered because all are transgressors who continually prove the saying true by neglecting or violating the laws of their being. Man was created for immortality, but his days have been reduced to a handbreadth.