Age and Wisdom
10 passages
- Job 12:12
Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Read it in context - Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Read it in context - Proverbs 19:20
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
Read it in context - James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
Read it in context - Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
Read it in context - Psalm 71:18
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Read it in context - Psalm 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
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