Leviticus 19:32
Before a hoary head, shalt thou rise up, And shalt honour the presence of an elder,—So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God—I, am Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
33And, when there sojourneth with thee a sojourner in your land, ye shall not oppress him:
Cross References
Genesis 48:12And Joseph brought them out from beside his knees, and bowed himself down with his face towards the earth.
1 Kings 2:19So Bath-sheba went in unto King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah,—and the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself down to her, and sat down upon his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the mother of the king, and she sat on his right hand.
Job 32:6So then Elihu, son of Barachel, the Buzite, responded and said:—Young, am I, whereas, ye, are aged, For this cause, I faltered, and feared—to shew my knowledge unto you:
Proverbs 20:29The beauty of young men, is their strength, and, the ornament of old men, a hoary head.
Lamentations 5:12Princes, by their hand, have been hanged, The faces of elders, not honoured.
1 Timothy 5:1An elderly man, do not thou reprimand, but beseech him, as [though he were thy] father,—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 →