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.
“You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
“"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”
“"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:”
“"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."”
“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.”
“Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."”
“"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.”
“The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.”
“the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.”
“Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;”