Bible Verses About Respecting Your Elders
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for respecting your elders, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,937 votes, led by 1 Timothy 5:1-2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Respecting Your Elders
1 Timothy 5:1-2254 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
1 Peter 5:5241 votes
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Hebrews 13:17229 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Proverbs 19:20211 votes
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Leviticus 19:32178 votes
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
Ephesians 6:1144 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Exodus 20:1289 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Luke 17:1-3778 votes
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Job 12:1259 votes
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Proverbs 20:2951 votes
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
1 Timothy 5:151 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Ruth 1:1-2249 votes
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
1 Timothy 5:1747 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Ephesians 6:1-344 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Genesis 27:1-4643 votes
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Proverbs 16:3139 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Genesis 5:1-3237 votes
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Matthew 7:1234 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Ephesians 6:1-434 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 19:232 votes
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
1 Peter 2:1732 votes
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Romans 13:731 votes
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
2 Samuel 1:1-2730 votes
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
Matthew 18:15-2028 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Deuteronomy 5:1627 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
What does the Bible say about respecting your elders?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:1-2 on the subject of respecting your elders. Across 2,937 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 5:5, Hebrews 13:17, Proverbs 19:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.