Job 32:4

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

“Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.

You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done among you,

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

Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.

“ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

“ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

but you shall fear Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, and you shall bow yourselves to him, and you shall sacrifice to him.

“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.

With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn’t dare show you my opinion.

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:

Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.

Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,

The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”

The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”

Look at this. We have searched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.

Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.

It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked against the honorable.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn’t know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction before the accused has met the accusers face to face and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”

Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.

But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” Ziba said, “I bow down. Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king.”

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.