Bible Verses about “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.”

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

“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.”

“The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.”

“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;”

“With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.”

“There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,”

“and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.”

“Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.”

“They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,”

“They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts.”

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

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

“Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.”