6 Bible Verses about Disrespect For Old Age

Most Relevant Verses

2 Kings 2:23

And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

Job 30:1

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Lamentations 5:12

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Isaiah 47:6

I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

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