Proverbs 20:29 Commentary: Rashi

תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת בַּחוּרִ֣ים כֹּחָ֑ם וַהֲדַ֖ר זְקֵנִ֣ים שֵׂיבָֽה׃

The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

Rashi on Proverbs

The glory of young men is their strength Just as the glory of young men is their strength, so is the beauty of elders their hoary head.
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Rashi on Proverbs

Contusions and wounds come for outpouring in evil Our Sages expounded: Whoever “pours himself” out into sinful things, will ultimately come to wounds and contusions.
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Rashi on Proverbs

and plagues in the innermost parts This is dropsy.
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