Proverbs 16:30-32

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁰The one who narrows his eyes is planning deceptions;
the one who compresses his lips brings about evil.^(A)

³¹Grey hair is a glorious crown;^(B)
it is found in the ways of righteousness.^(C)

³²Patience is better than power,
and controlling one’s emotions,^[a] than capturing a city.^(D)

Proverbs 16:30-32

King James Version

³⁰He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

³¹The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

³²He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

³⁰Whoever winks^(A) with their eye is plotting perversity;
whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.

³¹Gray hair is a crown of splendor;^(B)
it is attained in the way of righteousness.

³²Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city.

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