OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 31

Proverbs 16:31

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Gray hair is a crown of glory.

It is attained by a life of righteousness.

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Proverbs 16:28–33

28

A perverse man stirs up strife.

A whisperer separates close friends.

29

A man of violence entices his neighbor,

and leads him in a way that is not good.

30

One who winks his eyes to plot perversities,

one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

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Gray hair is a crown of glory.

It is attained by a life of righteousness.

32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;

one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

33

The lot is cast into the lap,

but its every decision is from the LORD.

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