Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of glory. 2 It is attained by a life of righteousness. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
In Context
30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, 2 one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 19:32+ 19:32. Lev 19:32 (#5.368): T. To honor the older and wiser / R. To honor those who teach and know Torah ·Teaching· Example: Specificity referenced are those with gray hair and the face of an elder “‘You shall rise up before the silver haired, and honor the face of an elder old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Adonai. (RY:6, LY:4)
Proverbs 17:6Children’s children are the crown of old men; 2 the glory of children are their parents. 1
Luke 1:6They were both upright before God, observing all the mitzvot ·instructions· and ordinances of Yahweh blamelessly.
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 →