Respecting The Elderly

`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.

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

honour thy father and mother,

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

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

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

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

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

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

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

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.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

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

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

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

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

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

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.

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

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.

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

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

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

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

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

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

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

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying,

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

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

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

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.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

`Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou--Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'

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;

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

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

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

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

And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king. — read the full passage →

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

And these <FI>are<Fi> the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, a hundred and seventy and five years; — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters--in all purity;

And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you, — read the full passage →

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.' — read the full passage →

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

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

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.