Age And Wisdom

With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

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

and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion. — read the full passage →

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. — read the full passage →

It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. — read the full passage →

By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience: — read the full passage →

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee. — read the full passage →

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that dohis commandments: His praise endureth for ever.

Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come. — read the full passage →

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honorgoethhumility.

It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; Andso iswisdom to a man of understanding.

With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.

But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. — read the full passage →

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. — read the full passage →

WithGodis wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast now made known unto me what we desired of thee; for thou hast made known unto us the king’s matter.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out

And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ, — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. — read the full passage →

And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.

But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God: