Taking Care Of The Elderly

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you 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.’”

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

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

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your 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 unstained by the world.

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

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

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

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

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 commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ — read the full passage →

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

If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience: — read the full passage →

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

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

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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

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

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son!” — read the full passage →

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? — read the full passage →

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ — read the full passage →

I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

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

yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?”

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

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

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come. — read the full passage →

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

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

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you, and carry you where you don’t want to go.”

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them. — read the full passage →

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years. — read the full passage →

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.

Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne from their birth, that have been carried from the womb; — read the full passage →

However there shall be no poor with you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it)

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.

“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” — read the full passage →

He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

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 perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals, and on the livestock: the things that you carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary. — read the full passage →

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience: — read the full passage →

Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. — read the full passage →

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil. — read the full passage →

So Job died, being old and full of days.

God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works. — read the full passage →

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →