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