This is passage gives us a sowing/reaping principle. If an individual strives to live life in the paths of righteousness, they will reap, as it were, a crown of glory in old age. This almost sounds like fuel for self-righteousness doesn’t it? But, if understood in a way that is consistent with the rest of scripture, it brings glory to God. An individual who has walked in the way of righteousness has found God’s promises to be true. They have escaped the corruption of this world as well as the destruction of foolish living. All of this has come about because God, in His grace, has faithfully lead this man in paths of righteousness, and kept His promises concerning where these righteous paths would lead. What path are you walking today?