Proverbs 16:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

More versions

King 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.

Proverbs 16:31 Cross References

Job 41:32

It leaves a shining wake behind it; one would think the deep to be white-haired.

Proverbs 16:30

One who winks the eyes plans perverse things; one who compresses the lips brings evil to pass.

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

when one is afraid of heights, and terrors are in the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper bud falls; because all must go to their eternal home, and the mourners will go about the streets;

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who will no longer take advice.

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Luke 1:6

Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

Philemon 1:9

yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.