The Bible › Bible in Basic English › Proverbs 3
Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.
Proverbs 3:16 · Bible in Basic English
← PreviousRead Proverbs 3Next →
Proverbs 3:16 in other translations
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
Every translation above is public domain and free to share. Other versions — NIV · ESV · NKJV · NLT · NASB · CSB · AMP — are copyrighted and open on their publishers’ partner site.
In context
13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.
15 She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
19 The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.
Read Proverbs 3 in the app The whole chapter