Growing Old

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

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

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the 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 who look out of the windows are darkened, — read the full passage →

Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works. — read the full passage →

Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

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

For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed. — read the full passage →

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

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

Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan. — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

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

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne from their birth, that have been carried from the womb; — read the full passage →

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; — read the full passage →

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

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

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all the day. — read the full passage →

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed. — read the full passage →

Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come. — read the full passage →

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

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?”

If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years. — read the full passage →

Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has 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, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.