Bible Verses about “retirement”

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

“‹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.›”

“‹But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:›”

“¶ ‹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:›”

“¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”

“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”

“A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;”

“A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”

“A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”

“A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;”

“A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;”

“‹For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have› [sufficient] ‹to finish› [it]?”

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith:”

“‹Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.›”

“‹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.›”

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

“That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;”

“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;”

“Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.”

“What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?”

“I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.”

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

“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:”

“‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›”

“‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›”

“‹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,› [and] ‹be merry.›”

“‹And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.›”

“And he spake a parable unto them, saying, ‹The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:›”

“‹And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?›”

“For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.”

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

“And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.”

“Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.”

“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.”

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

“And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.”

“Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.”

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”

“This [is it] that [belongeth] unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:”

“And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service [thereof], and shall serve no more:”

“But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.”

“Think upon me, my God, for good, [according] to all that I have done for this people.”