Thematic Bible: Disrespect for pleasure-seeking


Thematic Bible



So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell you what I know.
Verse ConceptsSanctity Of LifeYouthLimitations Of Youth



Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and harassed him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy!” Verse ConceptsBaldnessdisabilitiesImmaturityRoadsTownMockingWicked Children, Examples OfInfidelity To GodDisrespect For Old AgeAge DiscriminationKidsFunhumorharassment

But now they mock me,
men younger than I am,
whose fathers I would have refused to put
with my sheep dogs.
Verse ConceptsdogsMockeryOld Age, Attitudes ToRidicule, Objects OfDisrespect For Old AgeDerisionDisdainFun

Princes are hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.
Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRespect, For Human BeingsDisrespect For Old Age

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