Proverbs 16:31

“(Compare Pro 20:29). if--or, which may be supplied properly, or without it the sense is as in Pro 3:16; Pro 4:10, that piety is blessed with long life.”

“Omit “if.” Literally, “it (i. e., the hoary head) is found in the way of righteousness,” comes as the reward of righteousness. return to 'Top of Page'”

“16:31 Godly people grow in wisdom as they grow older, so their gray hair is a crown (cp. 4:9; 12:4; 17:6).”

“hoary: Pro 20:29; Lev 19:32; Job 32:6, Job 32:7 if: Gen 47:7-10; Sa1 12:2-5; 1Chr. 29:10-25; Ecc 4:13; Luk 1:6; Luk 2:29-36, Luk 2:37, Luk 2:38; Plm 1:9 Proverbs 16:32”

“Pro 16:31 31 A bright diadem is a hoary head, In the way of righteousness it is found - namely, this bright diadem, this beautiful crown ( Pro 4:8), which silver hair is to him who has it as the result of his advanced age ( Pro 20:29), for "thou shalt rise up before the hoary head," Lev 19:32; and the contrast of an early death is to die in a good old age, Gen 15:15, etc., but a long life is on one side a self-consequence, and on another the promised reward of a course of conduct regulated by God's will, God's law, and by the rule of love to God and love to one's neighbour. From the N.T. standpoint that is also so far true, as in all the world there is no better established means of…”