Age

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.

and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. — read the full passage →

The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom. — read the full passage →

Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. — read the full passage →

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you. — read the full passage →

As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. — read the full passage →

And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. — read the full passage →

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him. — read the full passage →

I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want. — read the full passage →

Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; — read the full passage →

For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands. — read the full passage →

For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:

Give us this day our daily bread.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee: — read the full passage →