Proverbs 16:31

The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

32He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:32Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:10So David gave praise to the Lord before all the people; and David said, Praise be to you, O Lord the God of Israel, our father for ever and ever.

Proverbs 17:6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

Ecclesiastes 4:13A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

Luke 1:6They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:30-31

29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. Here is another sort of evil men described to us, that we may neither do like them, nor have any thing to do with them. 1. Such as (like Satan) do all the mischief they can by force and violence, as roaring lions, and not only by fraud and insinuation, as subtle serpents: They are violent men, that do all by rapine and oppression, that… Read the whole commentary →

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