Old People

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

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

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.

“‘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.

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

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

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.

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

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 →

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old and well advanced in years.

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

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

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.

“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.

“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 →

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

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

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?”

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

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

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

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.

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

“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.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long 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.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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 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 →

You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

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, — read the full passage →

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience: — read the full passage →

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. — 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 →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

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 →

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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 →

You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

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

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

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

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.”

“Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. Now, behold, I am eighty-five years old, today. — read the full passage →

If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.

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 →

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”;

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

‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. — read the full passage →

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 →

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,

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

The hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Yahweh, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. — 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;

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

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

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