Aging

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

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

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

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

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

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

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.

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.

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

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

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

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borneby mefrom their birth, that have been carried from the womb; — read the full passage →

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

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.

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

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

And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

My flesh and my heart faileth; ButGod is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

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.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day. — read the full passage →

And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience: — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come. — read the full passage →

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

He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

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.

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

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.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. — 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 →

And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

So Job died, being old and full of days.

Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame. — read the full passage →

Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah

And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

Andthylife shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme. — read the full passage →

Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, blesshis holy name. — read the full passage →

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

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 colors.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

There is nothing better for a manthanthat he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.