Senior Citizens

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

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

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

With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

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

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him. — read the full passage →

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands. — read the full passage →

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

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

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

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

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

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

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

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.

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

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

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

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

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

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

Both young men and virgins; Old men and children: — read the full passage →

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame. — read the full passage →

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience: — read the full passage →

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

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. — read the full passage →

yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

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

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to 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.

And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

For no word from God shall be void of power.

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:

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

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

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God. — read the full passage →

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: — read the full passage →

The earth is Jehovah’s, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. — read the full passage →

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

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

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

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven.

And 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 let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.

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

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations. — read the full passage →

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.

And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. — read the full passage →

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s; He returneth to the days of his youth.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:

And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.

In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,