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 hath exacted -- man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.
Isaiah 5:13
Therefore my people removed without knowledge, And its honourable ones are famished, And its multitude dried up of thirst.
1 Samuel 9:6
And he saith to him, 'Lo, I pray thee, a man of God is in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.'
General references
Leviticus 13:29
'And when a man (or a woman) hath in him a plague in the head or in the beard,
Isaiah 19:15
And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.