Bible Verses About Elderly

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

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

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

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.

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.

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

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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.

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.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.