Proverbs 16:31 (BSB)

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:31

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:31: Note, 1. It ought to be the great care of old people to be found in the way of righteousness, the way of religion and serious godliness. Both God and man will look for them in that way; it will be expected that those that are old should be good, that the multitude of their years should teach them the best wisdom; let them therefore be found in that way.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:31: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty,.... Than a mighty warrior or conqueror; as Alexander who conquered his enemies, and even all the world, and yet in his wrath slew his best friends: a man that is slow to anger is esteemed by the Lord, respected by men, and is happy in himself; and is preferable to the strongest man that...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on 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.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 16:31: The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it is found in the way of righteousness. (o) That is, when it is joined with virtue, or else the older that the wicked are, the more they are to be abhorred.