Devine Scripture

Proverbs 16:31

Proverbs chapter 16 · verse 31 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Context

v.30He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

v.31This passage

v.32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 17:6

    Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

  • Genesis 47:7

    And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Proverbs 3:1

    My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

  • 1 Samuel 12:2

    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 youth unto this day.

  • Leviticus 19:32

    Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:10

    Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.