Leviticus 19:32
“‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
33“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
Cross References
Genesis 48:12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
1 Kings 2:19Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Job 32:6Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old. Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.
Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
Lamentations 5:12Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.
1 Timothy 5:1Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the 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 →