6 Bible Verses about Disrespect For Old Age

Most Relevant Verses

2 Kings 2:23

And he went up from there to Bethel. And as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor. The child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

Job 30:1

But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Lamentations 5:12

Rulers were hanged up by their hand. The faces of elders were not honored.

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into thy hand. Thou showed them no mercy. Upon the aged thou have laid thy yoke very heavily.

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