Variantly: Scripture hereby tells us that it is inquired after in reward for inquiry (the "inquiring" [i.e., the learning of the Torah by Israel]), as it is written (Ibid. 19) "And you shall teach them (words of Torah) to speak in them," followed by (21) "So that your days be prolonged and the days of your children (in the land, etc."). And it is written (Psalms 105:44-45) "And He gave them the lands of the nations and caused them to inherit the toil of the peoples. So that they keep His statues and heed His laws."
Teaching Torah Brings Long Life in the Land
Sifrei Devarim 40:6