Reference: Age, Old
Fausets
The reward of filial obedience, according to the fifth commandment; remarkably illustrated in the great permanence of the Chinese empire; wherein regard for parents and ancestors is so great that it has degenerated into superstition. Patriarchal times and patriarchal governments have most maintained respect for the old. The Egyptians followed the primeval law, which Moses embodies in Le 19:32; "Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God." Their experience made them to be regarded as depositories of knowledge (Job 15:10); they gave their opinion first (Job 32:4). A full age was the reward of piety (Job 5:26; Ge 15:15); premature death was a temporal judgment for sin (1Sa 2:32); (spiritually, and as a taking out from the evil to come, it was sometimes a blessing; as in the case of Abijah, Jeroboam's son, 1 Kings 14; Isa 57:1).
In the millennium, when there shall be a worldwide theocracy, with Israel for its center, the temporal sanction of exceeding long life (as in patriarchal times) shall be the reward for piety, and shortened years the penalty of any exceptional sin (Isa 65:20; Zec 8:4). The rulers under Moses required age as a qualification; hence they and those of the New Testament church are called elders (presbyters), until the word became a term of office, and not necessarily of age. Disobedience to parents and disrespect to seniors and "dignities" (Jg 1:8; 2Pe 2:10) are foretold characteristics of the last apostate age (2Ti 3:2-4; Ro 1:30).
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but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.
but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.
"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
You shall see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
You shall see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.
The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
"There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
"There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, hateful of good,
unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, hateful of good, traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Smith
Age, Old.
The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews. In private life they were looked up to as the depositaries of knowledge,
the young were ordered to rise up in their presence,
they allowed them to give their opinion first,
they were taught to regard gray hair as a "crown of glory,"
The attainment of old age was regarded as a special blessing.
In pubic main qualification of those who acted as the representatives of the people in all matter of difficulty and deliberation. [ELDERS]
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"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father.
Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.
The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.