Listen, My Son...

Listen, my son, accept what I say,
    and the years of your life will be many.
11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom
    and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
    when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
    guard it well, for it is your life.

~ Proverbs 4:10-13 (NIV)

Through Wisdom...

For through wisdom your days will be many,
    and years will be added to your life. ~ Proverbs 9:11 (NIV)

HE Wants All to Come to Repentance

8 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. ~ 2 Peter 3:8-9 (NASB)

The Years the Locust Have Eaten

I will restore to you the years
that the swarming locust has eaten,
the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
my great army, which I sent among you.

~ Joel 2:25 (ESV)