Thematic Bible: Disrespect for pleasure-seeking


Thematic Bible



And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.



Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers: To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.


Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair!

But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain