Proverbs 16:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.”
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“Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A crown of beauty <FI>are<Fi> grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 16:31 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 47:7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- Leviticus 19:32You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 12:2Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
- Job 32:6So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
- Job 41:32He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
- Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
- Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Luke 2:29“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
- Philemon 1:9I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
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