Gray Hair

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

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

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.

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven 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.

Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?

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.

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

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →