Bible Verses about “respecting elders”
The Bible contains 11 verses about respecting elders across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”
“That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”
“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that [is] unprofitable for you.”
“¶ 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.”
“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.”
“¶ The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.”
“The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.”
“¶ Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;”