9 Bible Verses about Respect For Old People
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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.
Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers,
The young men saw me and hid themselves,
And the old men arose and stood.
You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
The glory of young men is their strength,
And the honor of old men is their gray hair.
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.
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- Age
- Age, Glories Of
- Aging
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- Elderly
- Fathers Birthday
- Grey
- Hair