Bible Verses about “grandparents”

“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.”

“[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”

“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”

“The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”

“¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”

“¶ Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.”

“¶ The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.”

“¶ A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.”

“He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.”

“¶ So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.”

“I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”

“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].”

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

“Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:”

“¶ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:”

“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.”

“But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;”

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

“When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”

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

“To shew that the LORD [is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in him.”

“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.”

“One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.”

“Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].”

“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;”

“[Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.”

“My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.”

“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,”

“O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.”

“My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.”

“My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].”

“I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.”

“Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.”

“For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,”

“¶ But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.”

“I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.”

“Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].”

“O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.”

“Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.”

“Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!”