Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
Cross References
Genesis 48:12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
1 Kings 2:19Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto 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 32:6And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I held back, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
Lamentations 5:12Princes were hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
1 Timothy 5:1Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
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 →