Proverbs 16:31

Modern

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

Traditional

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Literal

Grey hair is a crown of glory; along the path of righteousness it is found.

Latin

Corona dignitatis senectus, quæ in viis justitiæ reperietur.

Hebrew

English

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

As godly people age, they become wiser, and their gray hair is like a crown (comparee Proverbs 4:9; 12:4; 17:6).

Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
Leviticus 19:32
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Proverbs 3:1–2
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
1 Samuel 12:2–5
Now 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.
Philemon 1:9
I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
Luke 2:29–38
“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
Genesis 47:7–10
Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
1 Chronicles 29:10–25
Then 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 32:6–7
So 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.