- Proverbs 17:6 (NIV):
“Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.”
- Proverbs 31:26 (NIV):
“She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.”
- Titus 2:3-5 (NIV):
“Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.”
- Proverbs 16:31 (NIV):
“Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.”
- 1 Timothy 5:4 (NIV):
“But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.”
- Psalm 128:6 (NIV):
“May you live to see your children’s children—peace be on Israel.”
- Proverbs 23:22 (NIV):
“Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”
- Ephesians 6:1-3 (NIV):
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’—which is the first commandment with a promise— ‘so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.'”
- Leviticus 19:32 (NIV):
“Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.”
- Proverbs 13:22 (NIV):
“A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.”