Proverbs 20:29

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

1 John 2:14

I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Proverbs 16:31

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

Leviticus 19:32

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

Proverbs 20:30

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; beatings make clean the innermost parts.

Job 41:32

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