Zhēnyán 16:31

31 Bái fā shì róngyào de guānmiǎn . zaì gōngyì de dào shang , bì néng dé zhe .

Zhēnyán 16:31 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 16:31

The hoary head [is] a crown of glory
Gray hairs, white locks through age are very ornamental; look very beautiful, bespeak gravity, wisdom, and prudence, and command reverence and respect; with the ancient Romans ^F19, greater honour was paid to age than to family or wealth; and the elder were revered by the younger next to God, and in the stead of parents; (See Gill on Leviticus 19:32); [if] it be found in the way of righteousness;
that is, if such who are old and stricken in years are like Zacharias and Elisabeth, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless; when they are found in Christ, having on his righteousness; and when they live soberly, righteously, and godly; when they walk in the ways of God and true religion; keep up family worship, and private devotion; as well as constantly attend the ministry of the word and ordinances; then are they very venerable and respectable; their old age is a good old age; and in a short time they shall have the crown of glory which fadeth not away: but otherwise a sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed; an old man in the open ways of sin and vice, laden with iniquity, is a very contemptible and shocking sight.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Vid. A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 2. c. 15.

Zhēnyán 16:31 In-Context

29 Qiángbào rén yòuhuò línshè , lǐng tā zǒu bù shàn zhī dào .

30 Yǎnmù jǐn hé de , tú móu guāi pì , zuǐchún jǐn bì de , chéngjiù xiéè .

31 Bái fā shì róngyào de guānmiǎn . zaì gōngyì de dào shang , bì néng dé zhe .

32 Bù qīngyì fānù de , shēng guo yǒng shì . zhì fù jǐ xīn de , jiàng rú qǔ chéng .

33 Qiā fàng zaì huái lǐ . déng shì yóu Yēhéhuá .