Growing Old

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.

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

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

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

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.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, — read the full passage →

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

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

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

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

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

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. — read the full passage →

Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

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

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

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.

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

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

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. — read the full passage →

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

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

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. — 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.

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

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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

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:

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.

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

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — 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 →

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 →

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 →

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

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:

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

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

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. — read the full passage →

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. — read the full passage →

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.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — 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 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;

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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

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.

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 →

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

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

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.

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 if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

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.

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.

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 →

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

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, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

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.

I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.