Taking Care Of Older People

`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.

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

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

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

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

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 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 →

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.

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

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

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

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

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

honour widows who are really widows; — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

`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.

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

for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death; — read the full passage →

and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father <FI>with<Fi> bread, according to the mouth of the infants.

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

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

for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death; — read the full passage →

honour widows who are really widows; — 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.

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

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

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' — read the full passage →

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.

honour widows who are really widows;

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again dwell do old men and old women, In broad places of Jerusalem, And each his staff in his hand, Because of abundance of days.

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers, — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother,

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

but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind, — read the full passage →

and she <FI>is<Fi> a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

`Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace, — read the full passage →

And His kindness <FI>is<Fi> to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they, — read the full passage →

And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king riseth to meet her, and boweth himself to her, and sitteth on his throne, and placeth a throne for the mother of the king, and she sitteth at his right hand.

And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →