Elderly

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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:

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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 →

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.

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

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

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

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 →

Honor 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. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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

Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with you. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

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 →

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.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

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

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

For no word from God shall be void of power.

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

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 →

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

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 Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, — read the full passage →

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. 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.

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.

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

who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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

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.

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:

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.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

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 →

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 the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

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.

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

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

So Job died, being old and full of days.

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

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

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

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

And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Thou shalt not kill.

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

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 →

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.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.