Verse 7

for I thought thus within my self: It becometh olde men to speake, & the aged to teach wy?dome.

Referenced Verses

• Job 12:12 : 12 Amonge olde personnes there is wy?dome, and amonge the aged is vnderstodinge.
• Prov 16:31 : 31 Age is a crowne of worshipe, yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes.
• Heb 5:12 : 12 For where as concernynge the tyme ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede agayne, yt we teach you the first preceptes of the worde of God: and are become soch as haue nede of mylke, and not stronge meate.
• Ps 34:11-12 : 11 Come hither (o ye children) herken vnto me, I wil teach you the feare of the LORDE. 12 Who so listeth to lyue, & wolde fayne se good dayes.
• Prov 1:1-4 : 1 These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel: 2 to lerne wy?dome nurtoure, vnderstondinge, prudence, 3 rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite. 4 That the very babes might haue wyt, and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge.
• 1 Kgs 12:6-8 : 6 And Roboam the kynge helde a councell with the Elders that stode before Salomo his father whyle he lyued, & he sayde: What is youre councell, that we maye geue this people an answere? 7 They sayde vnto him: Yf thou do this people a pleasure to daye, and folowe their mynde, and heare them, and geue them good wordes, then shal they be obedient vnto the as longe as thou liuest. 8 Neuertheles he forsoke the councell that ye Elders had geuen him, and axed councell at the yonge men which were growne vp with him, and stode before him.
• Job 8:8-9 : 8 Enquere of them that haue bene before the, search diligently amonge thy forefathers: 9 Namely, yt we are but of yesterdaye, and considre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are buth a very shadow. 10 They shall shewe the, they shall tell the, yee they will gladly confesse the same.