Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness. New Living Translation Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life. English Standard Version Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life. Berean Standard Bible Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness. King James Bible The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. New King James Version The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, If it is found in the way of righteousness. New American Standard Bible A gray head is a crown of glory; It is found in the way of righteousness. NASB 1995 A gray head is a crown of glory; It is found in the way of righteousness. NASB 1977 A gray head is a crown of glory; It is found in the way of righteousness. Legacy Standard Bible Gray hair is a crown of beauty; It is found in the way of righteousness. Amplified Bible The silver-haired head is a crown of splendor and glory; It is found in the way of righteousness. Christian Standard Bible Gray hair is a glorious crown; it is found in the ways of righteousness. Holman Christian Standard Bible Gray hair is a glorious crown; it is found in the way of righteousness. American Standard Version The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness. Contemporary English Version Gray hair is a glorious crown worn by those who have lived right. English Revised Version The hoary head is a crown of glory, it shall be found in the way of righteousness. GOD'S WORD® Translation Silver hair is a beautiful crown found in a righteous life. Good News Translation Long life is the reward of the righteous; gray hair is a glorious crown. International Standard Version Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is obtained by following a righteous path. Majority Standard Bible Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness. NET Bible Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness. New Heart English Bible Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is found in the path of righteousness. Webster's Bible Translation The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness. World English Bible Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionGrey hairs [are] a crown of beauty, "" It is found in the way of righteousness. Young's Literal Translation A crown of beauty are grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found. Smith's Literal Translation Old age a crown of glorying, shall be found in the way of justice. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleOld age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice. Catholic Public Domain Version Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice. New American Bible Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by a life that is just. New Revised Standard Version Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe hoary head is a crown of glory and is exalted in the way of righteousness. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Old age is a crown of glory and the way of righteousness is praised. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The hoary head is a crown of glory, It is found in the way of righteousness. Brenton Septuagint Translation Old age is a crown of honour, but it is found in the ways of righteousness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD…30He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil. 31Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness. 32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.… Cross References Leviticus 19:32 You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD. Job 12:12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life. Isaiah 46:4 Even 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. Psalm 92:14 In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, Job 32:7 I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom. 1 Kings 12:6-8 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked. / They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” / But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him. Titus 2:2-3 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance. / Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. 1 Timothy 5:1-2 Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers, / older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity. 1 Peter 5:5 Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 2 Timothy 4:7-8 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. / From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing. Psalm 71:18 Even 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. Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,” / before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain, / on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly, ... Genesis 25:8 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people. Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished. 2 Samuel 19:32-35 Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim. / The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.” / But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? ... Treasury of Scripture The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. hoary 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. 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… if Genesis 47:7-10 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh… 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… 1 Chronicles 29:10 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. Jump to Previous Attained Beauty Crown Found Gained Glory Gray Grey Hair Hairs Head Hoary Life Righteous Righteousness Splendor WayJump to Next Attained Beauty Crown Found Gained Glory Gray Grey Hair Hairs Head Hoary Life Righteous Righteousness Splendor WayProverbs 16 1. The Plans of the heartGray hair In the Hebrew text, the word for "gray hair" is "שֵׂיבָה" (seybah), which signifies old age and the wisdom that often accompanies it. In ancient Israelite culture, gray hair was a symbol of honor and respect. It was seen as a visible sign of a life lived with experience and knowledge. The Bible frequently associates age with wisdom, as seen in Job 12:12, "Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life." This phrase reminds us that the aging process, often viewed negatively in contemporary society, is actually a divine gift and a testament to a life of learning and growth. is a crown of glory it is attained along the path of righteousness Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Gray hairשֵׂיבָ֑ה (śê·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7872: Hoary head, old age [is] a crown עֲטֶ֣רֶת (‘ă·ṭe·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5850: A crown, wreath of glory; תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת (tip̄·’e·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8597: Beauty, glory it is attained תִּמָּצֵֽא׃ (tim·mā·ṣê) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present along the path בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ (bə·ḏe·reḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action of righteousness. צְ֝דָקָ֗ה (ṣə·ḏā·qāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively Links Proverbs 16:31 NIVProverbs 16:31 NLT Proverbs 16:31 ESV Proverbs 16:31 NASB Proverbs 16:31 KJV Proverbs 16:31 BibleApps.com Proverbs 16:31 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 16:31 Chinese Bible Proverbs 16:31 French Bible Proverbs 16:31 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 16:31 Gray hair is a crown of glory (Prov. 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