Bible verses about Old Age
Verses about growing older, honoring the elderly and finishing well.
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:32Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
Proverbs 16:31Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Psalms 71:9Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Psalms 71:18Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
Isaiah 46:4The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
Proverbs 20:29In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
Psalms 92:14Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
1 Timothy 5:1Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
Titus 2:2Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
Titus 2:3Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Job 12:12Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 5:16“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
Ephesians 6:2“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
Ephesians 6:3I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Psalms 37:25My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
Isaiah 40:30But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31