Caring For Elderly Parents

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

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

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: — read the full passage →

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

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

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. — read the full passage →

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! — read the full passage →

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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

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:

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

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Honour widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: — read the full passage →

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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

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

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

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

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. — read the full passage →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

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

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. — read the full passage →

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →