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Bible Verses About Respecting Elders
Find Bible verses about respecting elders — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about respecting elders?
The Bible addresses respecting elders with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
1 Timothy 5:17
“Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.”
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Deuteronomy 32:7
“Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.”
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James 5:14
“Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,”
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Genesis 50:7
“Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,”
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Psalms 107:32
“Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.”
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Lamentations 5:14
“The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.”
Psalms 105:22
“to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.”
Numbers 11:16
“Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stan...”
Revelation 5:14
“The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The elders fell down and worshiped.”
Ezekiel 8:12
“Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has forsaken the lan...”
Mark 7:5
“The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"”
Deuteronomy 27:1
“Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, "Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.”
2 Chronicles 5:4
“All the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;”
Acts 4:8
“Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,”
Acts 14:23
“When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.”
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Ruth 4:4 — “I thought to disclose it to you, saying, 'Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of...”
Luke 22:66 — “As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief pr...”
1 Chronicles 15:25 — “So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the...”
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