32 (A)‘You shall [a]rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and (B)fear your God: I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:32 rise to give honor

Treatment of Church Members

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

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12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.

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31 (A)The silver-haired head is a crown of glory,
If it is found in the way of righteousness.

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29 The glory of young men is their strength,
And (A)the splendor of old men is their gray head.

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So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said:

“I am (A)young in years, and you are very old;
Therefore I was afraid,
And dared not declare my opinion to you.

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Now because they were years older than he, Elihu had waited [a]to speak to Job.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:4 Vg. till Job had spoken

17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear (A)God. Honor the king.

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(A)Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

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The people will be oppressed,
Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;
The child will be insolent toward the [a]elder,
And the [b]base toward the honorable.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:5 aged
  2. Isaiah 3:5 despised, lightly esteemed

14 You shall not curse the deaf, (A)nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

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19 Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and (A)bowed down to her, and sat down on his throne and had a throne set for the king’s mother; (B)so she sat at his right hand.

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