Leviticus 19:32
You must rise before the gray-headed person and honor the presence of an old man. You must fear your God. I am Yahweh.
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33If a foreigner lives among you in your land, you must not do him any wrong.
Cross References
Genesis 48:12Joseph brought them out from between Israel's knees, and then he bowed with his face to the earth.
1 Kings 2:19Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat down on his throne and had a throne brought for the king's mother. She sat at his right hand.
Job 32:6Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up and said, 1 “I am young, and you are very old. 1 That is why I held back and did not dare to tell you my own opinion. 1
Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men is their strength 1 and the splendor of old people is their gray hair. 1
Lamentations 5:12Princes are hung up by their own hands, 1 and no honor is shown to the elders. 1
1 Timothy 5:1Do not scold an older man. Instead, exhort him as if he were a father. Exhort younger men as if they were 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 →