Thematic Bible: For the aged


Thematic Bible



Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand up, each one at the door of his tent, and they would watch Moses until he entered the tent.

So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.

Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor,

Now we ask you, brothers, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.




Instead, immediately after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at His feet.

Right away a man with a serious skin disease came up and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

As He was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

But she came, knelt before Him, and said, “Lord, help me!”

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons. She knelt down to ask Him for something.

One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet




Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s house into a marketplace!”


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.



Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were [all] older than he. But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry. 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. read more.
I thought that age should speak and maturity should teach wisdom.

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.


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