Taking Care Of The Elderly

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

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.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

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.

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

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

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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

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

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

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

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

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

Honor widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

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

And 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 →

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. — read the full passage →

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

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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

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

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

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

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

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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

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

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold, thy son! — read the full passage →

Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? — read the full passage →

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death: — read the full passage →

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

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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

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?

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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;

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

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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:

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: — read the full passage →

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

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.

Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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. — read the full passage →

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

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

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

But I am poor and needy; Yetthe Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.

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 →

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

Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah 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 his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borneby mefrom their birth, that have been carried from the womb; — read the full passage →

Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it),

And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;

He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. — read the full passage →

And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast. — read the full passage →

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

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

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. — read the full passage →

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil. — read the full passage →

So Job died, being old and full of days.

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.

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 →