Here are 13 Bible verses about gray hair, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Proverbs 16:31 KJV
31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
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Proverbs 20:29 KJV
29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
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Isaiah 46:4 KJV
4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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Matthew 5:36 KJV
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
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Hosea 7:9 KJV
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
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1 Kings 2:6 KJV
6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
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Genesis 42:38 KJV
38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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2 Kings 8:1-29 KJV
1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. …
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Psalm 71:18 KJV
18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
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Isaiah 43:13 KJV
13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
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Proverbs 17:6 KJV
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
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Leviticus 19:32 KJV
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
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Proverbs 3:1-2 KJV
1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
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