Leviticus 19:32
Stand up and be respectful of older people. Show reverence for your God. I am the Lord.
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33Don't mistreat foreigners who live in your country.
Cross References
Genesis 48:12Joseph took his sons from between Israel's knees, and bowed low with his face to the ground.
1 Kings 2:19So Bathsheba went to talk to King Solomon for Adonijah. The king got up from his throne to meet her, and bowed before her. Then he sat back down and ordered another throne brought in for his mother. She sat to his right.
Job 32:6Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, said, “I am young, and you are old, which is why I was reluctant to tell you what I know.
Proverbs 20:29Young men value their strength, but the old value even more the wisdom that comes with gray hair.
Lamentations 5:12Princes have been hung up by their hands; they show elders no respect.
1 Timothy 5:1Don't rebuke a man who is older than you. Instead, encourage him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:31-37
Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord . 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 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 . 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love… Read the whole commentary →