13 Bible Verses about Experience, of life

“Wisdom is with aged men,
With long life is understanding.

So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said,
“I am young in years and you are old;
Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.
“I thought age should speak,
And increased years should teach wisdom.

King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?” Then they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?” They spoke to him, saying, “If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or his descendants begging bread.

Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father,
And give attention that you may gain understanding,
For I give you sound teaching;
Do not abandon my instruction.
When I was a son to my father,
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
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Then he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live;

When I saw, I reflected upon it;
I looked, and received instruction.

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things,
And consider the lovingkindnesses of the Lord.

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.