13 Bible Verses about Experience, of life

Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you. I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people? And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people? And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.

I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge: For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me. For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.read more.
And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves. By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.