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Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.
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1 Samuel 12 2-1 Samuel 12 5
Now you can see that the king is leading you. As for me, I’m old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have led you from my youth until today.Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged or mistreated? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to overlook something? I will return it to you.”“ You haven’t wronged us, you haven’t mistreated us, and you haven’t taken anything from anyone’s hand,” they responded.He said to them,“ The Lord is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today that you haven’t found anything in my hand.”“ He is a witness,” they said.
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Leviticus 19:32
“ You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am Yahweh.
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Proverbs 3:1-2
My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commands;for they will bring you many days, a full life, and well-being.
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Genesis 47:7-10
Joseph then brought his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.Then Pharaoh said to Jacob,“ How many years have you lived?”Jacob said to Pharaoh,“ My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”So Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from Pharaoh’s presence.
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Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of sons is their fathers.
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Philemon 1:9
I appeal to you, instead, on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an elderly man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus,
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Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.
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Luke 1:6
Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.
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Job 32:6-7
So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied: I am young in years, while you are old; therefore I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.I thought that age should speak and maturity should teach wisdom.
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1 Chronicles 29 10-1 Chronicles 29 25
Then David praised the Lord in the sight of all the assembly. David said, May You be praised, Lord God of our father Israel, from eternity to eternity.Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to You. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.Riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler of everything. Power and might are in Your hand, and it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all.Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks and praise Your glorious name.But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and we have given You only what comes from Your own hand.For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.Yahweh our God, all this wealth that we’ve provided for building You a house for Your holy name comes from Your hand; everything belongs to You.I know, my God, that You test the heart and that You are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the hearts of Your people, and confirm their hearts toward You.Give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and to carry out all Your commands, Your decrees, and Your statutes, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.Then David said to the whole assembly,“ Praise the Lord your God.” So the whole assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors. They bowed down and paid homage to the Lord and the king.The following day they offered sacrifices to the Lord and burnt offerings to the Lord: 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, along with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.They ate and drank with great joy in the Lord’s presence that day. Then, for a second time, they made David’s son Solomon king; they anointed him as the Lord’s ruler, and Zadok as the priest.Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.All the leaders and the mighty men, and all of King David’s sons as well, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.The Lord highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been bestowed on any king over Israel before him.
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Luke 2:29-38
Now, Master, You can dismiss Your slave in peace, as You promised.For my eyes have seen Your salvation.You have prepared it in the presence of all peoples—a light for revelation to the Gentiles and glory to Your people Israel.His father and mother were amazed at what was being said about Him.Then Simeon blessed them and told His mother Mary:“ Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed—and a sword will pierce your own soul— that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.