Proverbs 16:31
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Proverbs 16:31 in other translations
| BSB | Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness. |
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| WEB | Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness. |
| ASV | The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness. |
| YLT | A crown of beauty are grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found. |
| DARBY | The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. |
| BBE | The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness. |
| Webster | The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. |
What does Proverbs 16:31 mean?
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Proverbs 16:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 16:31
- Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
- Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
- Proverbs 3:1-2
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
- Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
- 1 Samuel 12:2-5
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand. And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
- Philemon 1:9
Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
- Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Luke 2:29-38
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. …
- Genesis 47:7-10
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
- Job 32:6-7
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10-25
Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:29; Le 19:32; Job 32:6,7
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Ge 47:7-10; 1Sa 12:2-5; 1Ch 29:10-25; Ec 4:13; Lu 1:6
Lu 2:29-36,37,38; Phm 1:9
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Context
- Proverbs 16:30
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
- Proverbs 16:31
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
- Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 16:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Corona de honra es la vejez, que se hallará en el camino de justicia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les cheveux blancs sont une couronne de gloire s’ils se trouvent dans la voie de la justice. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Das graue Haar ist eine prächtige Krone: auf dem Wege der Gerechtigkeit wird sie gefunden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Corona dignitatis senectus, quæ in viis justitiæ reperietur. |