Obey all his laws that I have given you today, and all will go well with you and your descendants. You will continue to live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to be yours forever."

" 'Respect your father and your mother, as I, the LORD your God, command you, so that all may go well with you and so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.

As long as you live, you and your descendants are to honor the LORD your God and obey all his laws that I am giving you, so that you may live in that land a long time.

My teaching will give you a long and prosperous life.

Wisdom offers you long life, as well as wealth and honor.

Listen to me, my child. Take seriously what I am telling you, and you will live a long life.

Wisdom will add years to your life.

May your people worship you as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon gives light, for ages to come.

I will always keep my promise to him, and my covenant with him will last forever.

His dynasty will be as permanent as the sky; a descendant of his will always be king.

Babies will no longer die in infancy, and all people will live out their life span. Those who live to be a hundred will be considered young. To die before that would be a sign that I had punished them.

Happy and greatly blessed are those who are included in this first raising of the dead. The second death has no power over them; they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they will rule with him for a thousand years.