Respecting Elders

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

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

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

Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

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

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. — read the full passage →

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?”

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! — read the full passage →

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

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

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.” — read the full passage →

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness. — read the full passage →

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed. — read the full passage →

(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war. — read the full passage →

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.