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Bible Verses About taking care of elders
16 key scriptures
Explore what the Bible says about taking care of elders. This collection of 16 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Leviticus 19:32 |
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| King James (KJV) | “Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.” |
16 Key Scriptures
“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.”
“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”
“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
Exodus 20:12KJV
“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:5KJV
“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.”
“And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.”
Isaiah 46:4KJV
“The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.”
“And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age , and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;”
Luke 2:36KJV
“With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.”
Job 12:12KJV
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. house: or, kindred”
“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”
Matthew 15:4KJV
“Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.”
Psalms 71:9KJV
“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. sober: or, vigilant”
Titus 2:2KJV
“Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;”
“For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:”
Mark 7:10KJV
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
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