6 Bible Verses about Disrespect For Old Age

He went up from there to Bethel. As he was traveling up the road, some young boys came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, "Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!"

The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.

"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated.

a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.

I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.