Reference: Age, Old
Fausets
The reward of filial obedience, according to the fifth commandment; remarkably illustrated in the great permanence of the Chinese empire; wherein regard for parents and ancestors is so great that it has degenerated into superstition. Patriarchal times and patriarchal governments have most maintained respect for the old. The Egyptians followed the primeval law, which Moses embodies in Le 19:32; "Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God." Their experience made them to be regarded as depositories of knowledge (Job 15:10); they gave their opinion first (Job 32:4). A full age was the reward of piety (Job 5:26; Ge 15:15); premature death was a temporal judgment for sin (1Sa 2:32); (spiritually, and as a taking out from the evil to come, it was sometimes a blessing; as in the case of Abijah, Jeroboam's son, 1 Kings 14; Isa 57:1).
In the millennium, when there shall be a worldwide theocracy, with Israel for its center, the temporal sanction of exceeding long life (as in patriarchal times) shall be the reward for piety, and shortened years the penalty of any exceptional sin (Isa 65:20; Zec 8:4). The rulers under Moses required age as a qualification; hence they and those of the New Testament church are called elders (presbyters), until the word became a term of office, and not necessarily of age. Disobedience to parents and disrespect to seniors and "dignities" (Jg 1:8; 2Pe 2:10) are foretold characteristics of the last apostate age (2Ti 3:2-4; Ro 1:30).
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"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.
'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.
Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
'You will see the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house forever.
'You will see the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house forever.
"You will come to the grave in full vigor, Like the stacking of grain in its season.
"You will come to the grave in full vigor, Like the stacking of grain in its season.
"Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
"Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are taken away, while no one understands For the righteous man is taken away from evil,
The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are taken away, while no one understands For the righteous man is taken away from evil,
"No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.
"No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of age.
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of age.
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Smith
Age, Old.
The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews. In private life they were looked up to as the depositaries of knowledge,
the young were ordered to rise up in their presence,
they allowed them to give their opinion first,
they were taught to regard gray hair as a "crown of glory,"
The attainment of old age was regarded as a special blessing.
In pubic main qualification of those who acted as the representatives of the people in all matter of difficulty and deliberation. [ELDERS]
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'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.
"You will come to the grave in full vigor, Like the stacking of grain in its season.
"Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father.
A gray head is a crown of glory; It is found in the way of righteousness.
The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is their gray hair.