100 Bible Verses About Respect for Elders

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;

And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

Amon his son, Josiah his son.

And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.

And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.

And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.