Proverbs 16:31 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The hoary head is a crown of glory, It shall be found in the way of righteousness. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The hoary head is a crown of glory, If it be found in the way of righteousness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The hoary head is a crown of beauty and glory if it is found in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). [Prov. 20:29.] American Standard Version (1901) The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness. Common English Bible Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is found on the path of righteousness. Catholic Public Domain Version Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice. |
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
The glory of young men is their strength: And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and the caper-berry shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus: