Sirach 25:3–6

3 You have gathered nothing in your youth;

how then can you find anything in your old age?

4 What an attractive thing is judgment in gray-haired men,

and for the aged to possess good counsel!

5 How attractive is wisdom in the aged,

and understanding and counsel in honorable men!

6 Rich experience is the crown of the aged,

and their boast is the fear of the Lord.