Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
9 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “glory” →
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
