Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Ancient
General references
Bible References
Ancient
Isaiah 3:5
And the people shall be crushed, every man by another, and every man by his neighbor; the boy shall act proudly against the old man, and the low against the honorable.
Isaiah 5:13
For this My people go into exile without knowledge, and their honorable men into famine, and his multitude is dried up with thirst.
1 Samuel 9:6
And he said to him, Behold now, in this city is a man of God, and an honorable man. All that he says surely comes to pass. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can declare our way to us, how to go.
General references
Leviticus 13:29
If a man or woman has in them a plague on the head or the beard,
Isaiah 19:15
And Egypt shall have no work that the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.