⁶ Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered:

Duties toward Believers

5 Do not speak harshly to an older man,^[a] but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,^(A)

⁵ In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders.^[a] And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for

⁶ Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled

⁷ Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

²⁸ His eldest brother Eliab heard him talking to the men, and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David. He said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down just to see the battle.”^{(A) 29} David said, “What have I done now? It was only a question.”^{(B) 30} He turned away from him toward another and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him again as before.^(C)

³² “You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.