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What Does the Bible Say About Grey Hair?

Here are 9 Bible verses about grey hair, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Proverbs 16:31

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

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

  2. #2Proverbs 20:29

    The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

    BSBThe glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

  3. #3Isaiah 46:4

    And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

    BSBEven to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

  4. #4Leviticus 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.

    BSBYou are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

  5. #5Psalms 71:18

    Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

    BSBEven when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

  6. #6Matthew 5:36

    Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

    BSBNor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

  7. #7Hosea 7:9

    Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

    BSBForeigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

  8. #81 Peter 3:3

    Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

    BSBYour beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

  9. #91 Kings 2:6

    Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

    BSBSo act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

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