Elderly

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

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

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 gray head.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an 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 intreat him as a father; and 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 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.

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

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. — read the full passage →

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

And Moses was an 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 honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

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.

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

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.

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.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, 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, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the 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 was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

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

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. — read the full passage →

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the 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 enquire 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 will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. — read the full passage →

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

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

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 →

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, 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 are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →

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

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; — read the full passage →

Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: — read the full passage →

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

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed 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 ways which the Lord 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 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 our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless 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, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: — read the full passage →

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Then 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 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:

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.

This is a true saying, If a man desire 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 afraid.

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 →

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.

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

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: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

But I am poor and needy; yet the 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.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

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

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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

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

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

And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

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

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

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 away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Thou shalt not kill.

And 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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