Proverbs 10:27

“The fear of the Lord prolongeth days, etc.] Not beyond the time fixed in the unalterable purposes and decrees of God, (<181405>Job 14:5); but longer than some others, or than those that fear the Lord expect to live; or longer than, according to the course of nature, and the weakness of their constitutions, it could be thought they should live. Long life is promised to them that fear the Lord; godliness has the promise of this life and of that to come; the fear of the Lord is the means of preserving persons from those things which are pernicious to the health of men, and so of prolonging their days; as well as it has length of days, for ever and ever, even eternal life, annexed to it; (see…”

“(Compare Pro 9:11; Psa 55:23).”

“fear: Pro 3:2, Pro 3:16, Pro 9:11; Psa 21:4, Psa 34:11-13, Psa 91:16 prolongeth: Heb. addeth the years: Job 15:32, Job 15:33, Job 22:15, Job 22:16; Psa 55:23; Ecc 7:17; Jer 17:11; Luk 12:20 Proverbs 10:28”

“From this point the proverbs fall into the series connecting themselves with Pro 10:25 : 27 The fear of Jahve multiplies the days of life; But the years of the godless are shortened. This parable, like Pro 10:25, also corresponds with the O.T. standpoint, having in view the present life. The present-life history confirms it, for vice destroys body and soul; and the fear of God, which makes men contented and satisfied in God, is truly the right principle of longevity. But otherwise also the pious often enough die early, for God carries them away מפני הרעה from the face of the evil, Isa 57:1.; or if they are martyrs for the truth ( Psa 44:23, cf. Psa 60:6), the verification of the above…”