The King James Version Bible

Bible Verses About Respecting The Elderly

  • Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
  • 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.
  • But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
  • Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
  • Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 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. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children ...