Bible Verses about “elderly”
The Bible contains 18 verses about elderly across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
“¶ The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.”
“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.”
“¶ The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.”
“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].”
“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”
“The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.”
“¶ Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;”
“¶ With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.”
“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;”
“And she [was] a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with fastings and prayers night and day.”
“And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.”
“They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;”
“Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.”
“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”
“Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.”
“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.”