Verse 7

For I thought thus within my selfe: It becommeth old men to speake, and the aged to teache wysdome.

Referenced Verses

• Job 12:12 : 12 Among olde persons there is wysedome, and in age is vnderstanding.
• Prov 16:31 : 31 Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.
• Heb 5:12 : 12 For when as concernyng the tyme, ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first principles of the begynnyng of the worde of God, and are become such as haue nede of mylke, and not of strong meate.
• Ps 34:11-12 : 11 Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of God. 12 What man is he that listeth to liue: and woulde fayne see good dayes.
• Prov 1:1-4 : 1 The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel: 2 To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng, 3 To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie: 4 To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.
• 1 Kgs 12:6-8 : 6 And king Rehoboam toke counsel with the olde men that stoode before Solomon his father, while he yet lyued, and sayd: What counsel geue ye, that I may haue matter to aunswere this people? 7 And they sayd vnto him: If thou be a seruaunt vnto this people this day, and folowe their mindes, and aunswere them, & speake kinde wordes to them, they will be thy seruauntes for euer. 8 But he forsoke the counsell that the old men had geuen him, and called vnto his counsel young men, that were growe vp with him and wayted on him,
• Job 8:8-9 : 8 Enquire I pray thee of the former age, and search diligently among their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.) 10 Shall not they shew thee, and tel thee, yea and gladly confesse the same, and vtter the wordes of their heart?