Disrespect For Old Age

2 Kings 2:23

• Elisha
• Baldness
• Derision

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Proverbs 23:22

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Genesis 37:3

• Parents

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

1 Timothy 5:1-7

• Elect
• Angel
• Backsliders

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. Honour widows that are widows indeed. But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. read more Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. show less

2 Kings 2:24

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.