Old People

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — 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 →

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

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 →

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

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

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

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.

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:

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 →

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon 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.

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.

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 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 →

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.

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

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 →

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:

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.

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

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

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

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. — 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 →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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 →

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

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

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

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

So Job died, being old and full of days.

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

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

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.

And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. — 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.

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 →

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;

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

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: — read the full passage →

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 →

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:

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

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, — 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:

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

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

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; — read the full passage →