Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
BSB
ASV
The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
KJV
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Omit “if.” Literally, “it (i. e., the hoary head) is found in the way of righteousness,” comes as the reward of righteousness.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
leads to
I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,…
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Through
Leviticus 19:32You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
leads to
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
Through
Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
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Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
