““Proverbs 3:16 states, “Length of days is in [wisdom’s] right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour” (KJV). Yet Marley does not interpret the riches of wisdom as earthly riches. When asked, “Are you a rich man? Do you have a lot of possessions?” he responded, in typical Marley fashion, with a question followed by a statement: “Possessions make you rich? I don’t have that type of richness. My richness is life.”485 Marley’s concern is the right hand of wisdom—life (Prov 3:16a)—not the left.””
![“Proverbs 3:16 states, “Length of days is in [wisdom’s] right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour” (KJV). Yet Marley does not interpret the riches of wisdom as earthly riches. When asked, “Are you a rich man? Do you have a lot of possessions?” he responded, in typical Marley fashion, with…” quote by Dean MacNeil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4de/dean-macneil-49792_left-hand_proverbs-3-16-states-length-of-days-is-i_2465762.jpg)
![“[I]f you know what life is worth / You would look for yours on earth.”266” quote by Dean MacNeil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/75f/dean-macneil-49792_life_i-f-you-know-what-life-is-worth-you-woul_2130443.jpg)
![“The goal of wisdom is the good life, here and now.”265 Marley similarly emphasizes a this-worldly life of joy: “[I]f you know what life is worth / You would look for yours on earth.”266 Marley does not want people to have to wait until the afterlife to live. He states, “I want people to live big…” quote by Dean MacNeil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f2f/dean-macneil-49792_goals_the-goal-of-wisdom-is-the-good-life-here_3048760.jpg)
