Bible Verses About Old Age

“Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.”

“Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.”

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

“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.”

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.”

“Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.”

“I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.”

“You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.”

“I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.”

“So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

“Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”

“Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.”

“You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.”

“With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

“He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.”

“He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

“Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.”

“I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.”

“O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds. Even 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.”

“He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.”

“Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.”

“And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.”

“There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.”

“So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.”

“Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.”

“Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.”

“Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.”

“And so Job died, old and full of years.”

“Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.”

“He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.”

“Even 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. Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?”

“I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.”

“By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.”

“It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.”

“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

“You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

“But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.”

“So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

“Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.”

“May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”

“Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.”

“My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.”

“You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah”

“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth. Even 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.”

“The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.”

“Abraham lived a total of 175 years. And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.”

“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,” before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain, on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly, when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint, when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels — for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets. Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well, before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!” Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs. The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth. The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd. And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body. When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.”

“I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.”

“I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.”

“Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.”