Respecting The Elderly

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.

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

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

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

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

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

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

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

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

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

Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.

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

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.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; 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 hoary 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 honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

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 second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor 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 to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.

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

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

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

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; 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 no word from God shall be void of power.

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

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

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

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own 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 good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

And Jehovah 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,

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

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

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits 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 held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

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.

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

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

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

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and 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 inquire 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 the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

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

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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

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; — read the full passage →

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

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

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

Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

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

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and 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 grain cometh in in its season.

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

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

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.