Job 29:8

Webster's Bible (1833)

The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged rose up and stood;

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  • Lev 19:32 : 32 You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
  • Prov 16:31 : 31 Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
  • Titus 3:1 : 1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters away all evil with his eyes.
  • Rom 13:3-4 : 3 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same, 4 for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

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