Thematic Bible: Disrespect for pleasure-seeking


Thematic Bible



Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite said,

“I am young, and you are aged;
For that reason I was anxious and dared not tell you what I think.
Verse ConceptsSanctity Of LifeYouthLimitations Of Youth



Do not sharply censure or rebuke an older man, but entreat and plead with him as [you would with] a father. Treat younger men like brothers; [Treat] older women like mothers [and] younger women like sisters, in all purity.

Then Elisha went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” Verse ConceptsBaldnessdisabilitiesImmaturityRoadsTownMockingWicked Children, Examples OfInfidelity To GodDisrespect For Old AgeAge DiscriminationKidsFunhumorharassment

“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me,
Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.
Verse ConceptsdogsMockeryOld Age, Attitudes ToRidicule, Objects OfDisrespect For Old AgeDerisionDisdainFun


Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRespect, For Human BeingsDisrespect For Old Age