Some Bible Topics
respecting elders
Exodus Chapter 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Leviticus Chapter 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Proverbs Chapter 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Ephesians Chapter 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians Chapter 6:2
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Ephesians Chapter 6:3
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Ephesians Chapter 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Timothy Chapter 5:1
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
1 Timothy Chapter 5:2
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Hebrews Chapter 13:17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
1 Peter Chapter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.