Thematic Bible: For the aged


Thematic Bible



And when Moses went out to the tent, all the people would get up and stand at the entrance to their tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.

They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed.


Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.




Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live."

But she came and bowed down before him and said, "Lord, help me!"

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.




Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.

To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!"


So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: "I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.



Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was. But when Elihu saw that the three men had no further reply, he became very angry. So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: "I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know. read more.
I said to myself, 'Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.'

Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters -- with complete purity.


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