Bible Verses about “caring for 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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“"'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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.”

“the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.”

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

“Honor widows who are widows indeed.”

“Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails.”

“Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.”

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