Taking Care Of The Elderly

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he 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 your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it 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 God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

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

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

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

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; — read the full passage →

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth 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 man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and 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 fat and flourishing;

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

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. — read the full passage →

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

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

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

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

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

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord 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 intreat him as a father; and 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 →

The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth 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 this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? — read the full passage →

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth 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 an hungred, and ye gave me meat: 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 thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness 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 unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour 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 an 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 shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. — read the full passage →

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and 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 shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

But I am poor and needy; yet the 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, an 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 enquire wisely concerning this.

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord 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 on them that fear him from generation to generation.

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, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: — read the full passage →

Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord 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 yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

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

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, 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 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 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. — read the full passage →

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

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. — read the full passage →

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

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

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →