Respecting The Elderly

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

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

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

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

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

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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:

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

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

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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

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

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

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

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

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

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

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