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Positive commandment 209 of 248

To honour the wise

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

To honour the wise, as it is said, “Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head” (Lev. 19:32).

Leviticus 19:32

KJV
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD .
ASV
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
WEB
“‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
JPS
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.