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

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Duties toward Believers

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

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  1. 5.1 Or an elder or a presbyter

12 Princes are hung up by their hands;
    no respect is shown to the elders.(A)

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31 Gray hair is a crown of glory;
    it is gained in a righteous life.(A)

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29 The glory of youths is their strength,
    but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.(A)

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Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answered:

“I am young in years,
    and you are aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
    to declare my opinion to you.(A)

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Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.

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17 Honor everyone. Love the family of believers.[a] Fear God. Honor the emperor.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.17 Gk Love the brotherhood

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.

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The people will be oppressed,
    everyone by another
    and everyone by a neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder
    and the base to the honorable.(A)

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14 You shall not revile the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.(A)

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19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose to meet her and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne and had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.(A)

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