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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 20, Verse 29

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Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
King James Version
The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
American Standard Version
The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
New English Translation
The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.
World English Bible
The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
1
The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2
Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
3
To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4
An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.
5
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
9
[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.