Proverbs 20:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:31 : 31 The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth: 24 But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
  • 1 John 2:14 : 14 I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

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    31The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

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    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

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    32Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

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    28Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

  • Job 15:10
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    10With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

  • Hos 7:9
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    9Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.

  • Job 29:8
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    8The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;

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    30By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
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    9Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

    10So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

  • Job 30:1-2
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    1But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

    2Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

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    6So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.

  • Ps 71:18
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    18Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

  • Ps 89:17
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    17For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.

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    17For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.

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    11A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

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    9It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

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    12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

  • Lam 3:27
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    27It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.

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    20My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.

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    30Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;

  • Job 40:10
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    10See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.

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    25Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;

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    12Young men and virgins; old men and children:

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    35The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

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    29If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

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