Bible Verses About Elderly

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

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

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

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

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

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

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

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.

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.

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

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;

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

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:

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?

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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.