Age And Wisdom

With the very aged <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And <FI>with<Fi> length of days understanding.

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

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

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

A crown of beauty <FI>are<Fi> grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

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

Even to old age I <FI>am<Fi> He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.

And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answereth and saith: --Young I <FI>am<Fi> in days, and ye <FI>are<Fi> age Therefore I have feared, And am afraid of shewing you my opinion. — read the full passage →

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine. — read the full passage →

The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.

`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling; — read the full passage →

A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.

Days of our years, in them <FI>are<Fi> seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet <FI>is<Fi> their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

Remember days of old--Understand the years of many generations--Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance; — read the full passage →

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

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

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

The beginning of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise <FI>is<Fi> standing for ever!

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

For wisdom <FI>is<Fi> a defense, money <FI>is<Fi> a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> , She reviveth her possessors.

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

And He saith to man: --`Lo, fear of the Lord, that <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And to turn from evil <FI>is<Fi> understanding.'

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

To get wisdom--how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age--Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding.

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might. — read the full passage →

And king Rehoboam consulteth with the elders who have been standing in the presence of Solomon his father, in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?'

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.

The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the instruction of wisdom, And before honour <FI>is<Fi> humility!

To execute inventions <FI>is<Fi> as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand.

Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

And Moses <FI>is<Fi> a son of a hundred and twenty years when he dieth; his eye hath not become dim, nor hath his moisture fled.

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

Even this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!

For to a man who <FI>is<Fi> good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.

And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.

and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.'

because all flesh <FI>is<Fi> as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him; — read the full passage →

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

The wisdom of the prudent <FI>is<Fi> to understand his way, And the folly of fools <FI>is<Fi> deceit.

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. — read the full passage →

With Him <FI>are<Fi> wisdom and might, To him <FI>are<Fi> counsel and understanding.

`And, now, lo, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as He hath spoken, these forty and five years, since Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, when Israel went in the wilderness; and now, lo, I <FI>am<Fi> to-day a son of five and eighty years;

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

and of Him ye--ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

Thee, O God of my fathers, I am thanking and praising, for wisdom and might Thou hast given to me; and now, Thou hast caused me to know that which we have sought from Thee, for the king's matter Thou hast caused us to know.'

Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

Both the gray-headed And the very aged <FI>are<Fi> among us--Greater than thy father <FI>in<Fi> days.

Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

and he dieth in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and honour, and reign doth Solomon his son in his stead.

At that time was Abijah son of Jeroboam sick, — read the full passage →

and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they <FI>are<Fi> with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day.

and thou--thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

A widow--let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

By faith Enoch was translated--not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to--that he had pleased God well,