Taking Care Of Elders

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.

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

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

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.

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

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

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.

The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

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

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

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. — read the full passage →

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death: — read the full passage →

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

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), — read the full passage →

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

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.

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold, thy son! — read the full passage →

Honor widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

Honor widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

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

And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

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

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

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.

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

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.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law, — read the full passage →

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death: — read the full passage →

Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →