Caring For The Elderly

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

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.

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

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

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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

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

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 →

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

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

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

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

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.

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

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.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

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

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast. — read the full passage →

Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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.

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

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

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

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

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.

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

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

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

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

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

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

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

For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.

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?

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. — read the full passage →

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: — read the full passage →

Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame. — 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.

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

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. — read the full passage →

the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.

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 →

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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 →

Both young men and virgins; Old men and children: — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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

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

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. — read the full passage →

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;

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

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — 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:

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

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 →

But I am poor and needy; Yetthe Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.

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

And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. — read the full passage →

Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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.

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

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