Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a glorious crown; it's achieved by living right.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
In Context
30People who give you a sly wink are plotting bad things; they purse their lips and make evil happen.
32Better to be slow to anger than to be powerful, better to have self-control than to conquer a town.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:32Stand up and be respectful of older people. Show reverence for your God. I am the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:10Then David praised the Lord before the whole assembly: “Praise to you, Lord, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever!
Job 41:32It leaves a glistening wake behind it as if the sea had white hair.
Proverbs 17:6Old people are proud of their grandchildren, and children are proud of their parents.
Ecclesiastes 4:13A poor young person who's wise is better than an old and foolish king who no longer accepts advice.
Luke 1:6They both did what was right before God, being careful to follow all the Lord's commandments and regulations.
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 →