Old People

A crown of beauty <FI>are<Fi> grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.

Days of our years, in them <FI>are<Fi> seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet <FI>is<Fi> their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

And Moses <FI>is<Fi> a son of a hundred and twenty years when he dieth; his eye hath not become dim, nor hath his moisture fled.

With the very aged <FI>is<Fi> wisdom, And <FI>with<Fi> length of days understanding.

Even to old age I <FI>am<Fi> He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching; — read the full passage →

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. — read the full passage →

Remember days of old--Understand the years of many generations--Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:

And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.' — read the full passage →

Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

Days of our years, in them <FI>are<Fi> seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet <FI>is<Fi> their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away. — read the full passage →

I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom.

And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man--to the age; in their erring they <FI>are<Fi> flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.

because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might.

Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

To number our days aright let <FI>us<Fi> know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

and he hath been to thee for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law who hath loved thee--who is better to thee than seven sons--hath borne him.'

and Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, `I have become old; I have entered into days;

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.

Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb, — read the full passage →

Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth.

Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

And king Rehoboam consulteth with the elders who have been standing in the presence of Solomon his father, in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?'

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. — read the full passage →

With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might. — read the full passage →

And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days.

Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

and he dieth in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and honour, and reign doth Solomon his son in his stead.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people.

And these <FI>are<Fi> the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, a hundred and seventy and five years; — read the full passage →

And Abraham <FI>is<Fi> old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all <FI>things<Fi> ;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you ye walk, so that ye live, and <FI>it is<Fi> well with you, and ye have prolonged days in the land which ye possess.

and thou--thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

because all flesh <FI>is<Fi> as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance; — read the full passage →

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, — read the full passage →

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ-- — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

who also shall confirm you unto the end--unblamable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.' — read the full passage →

Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.

God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders. — read the full passage →

That this God <FI>is<Fi> our God--To the age and for ever, He--he doth lead us over death!

and Job dieth, aged and satisfied <FI>with<Fi> days.

The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.

And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest--as the morning thou art.

and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.'

`And, now, lo, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as He hath spoken, these forty and five years, since Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, when Israel went in the wilderness; and now, lo, I <FI>am<Fi> to-day a son of five and eighty years; — read the full passage →

If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.' — read the full passage →

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age. — read the full passage →

`Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

honour thy father and mother,

There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones, — read the full passage →

Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb,

Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee.

Filled is my mouth <FI>with<Fi> Thy praise, All the day <FI>with<Fi> Thy beauty. — read the full passage →

This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him; — read the full passage →