78 Bible Verses about Age
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Even to your old age I am He,
And even to your advanced old age I will carry you!
I have made you, and I will carry you;
Be assured I will carry you and I will save you.
[Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age;
They will flourish and be vital and fresh [rich in trust and love and contentment];
Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].
The days of Abraham’s life were a hundred and seventy-five years.
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; she was past [the age of] childbearing.
but at the age of fifty years, they shall retire from the service of the [tabernacle] work and serve no longer.
Now King David was old, advanced in years; they covered him with clothes, but he could not get warm.
teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”
So Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
that is, the mystery which was hidden [from angels and mankind] for ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His saints (God’s people).
Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Old men and old women will again sit in the streets (public places) of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of his advanced age.
‘You shall rise before the gray-headed and honor the aged, and you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; I am the Lord.
So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
who will not receive many times as much in this present age and in the age to come, eternal life.”
When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son [by marriage] of Eli,
As for you, you shall [die and] go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.
who gave Himself [as a sacrifice to atone] for our sins [to save and sanctify us] so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father—
“Those [who are] abundant in years may not [always] be wise,
Nor may the elders [always] understand justice.
Now Abraham was old, [well] advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
Grandchildren are the crown of aged men,
And the glory of children is their fathers [who live godly lives].
He died in a good old age [his seventy-first year], full of days (satisfied), riches and honor. Solomon his son reigned in his place.
Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.
If the person is sixty years old and above, your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male, and ten shekels for the female.
None of the rulers of this age recognized and understood this wisdom; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
The silver-haired head is a crown of splendor and glory;
It is found in the way of righteousness.
And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].
But solid food is for the [spiritually] mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between what is morally good and what is evil.
among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Although Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eyesight was not dim, nor his natural strength abated.
Let no one look down on [you because of] your youth, but be an example and set a pattern for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in [moral] purity.
Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Jesus Christ is [eternally changeless, always] the same yesterday and today and forever.
Now what I mean [when I talk about children and their guardians] is this: as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave even though he is the [future owner and] master of all [the estate];
“You will come to your grave in old age,
Like the stacking of grain [on the threshing floor] in its season.
The days of our life are seventy years—
Or even, if because of strength, eighty years;
Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow,
For it is soon gone and we fly away.
There was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, and had lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage,
Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and over, [as he joins those already counted], shall give this contribution to the Lord.
I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so is my strength now, for war and for going out and coming in.
And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have given birth to a son by him in his old age.”
“Inquire, please, of past generations,
And consider and apply yourself to the things searched out by their fathers.
Remember [thoughtfully] also your Creator in the days of your youth [for you are not your own, but His], before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], “I have no enjoyment and delight in them”;
who will not receive a hundred times as much now in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms—along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.
Topics on Age
Age At Death
1 Samuel 4:15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; his eyes were dim so that he could not see.
Age Differences In Relationships
Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
Age Discrimination
2 Kings 2:23Then Elisha went up from Jericho to
Age Of Accountability
Isaiah 7:15He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to refuse evil and choose good.
Age Ranges Of Levites
Numbers 3:15“Number the sons of Levi by their fathers’ households, by their families (clans). You shall number every male from a month old and upward.”
Age To Come
Matthew 19:28-29Jesus said to them,
Age When Crowned
2 Kings 11:21Age, Lived Over 100
Genesis 5:27So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
Age, Span Of Life
Matthew 6:27Ages Of Time
2 Peter 3:8Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day.
Animals At Specific Ages
Exodus 12:5Your lamb or young goat shall be [perfect] without blemish or bodily defect, a male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
Attaining Old Age
Exodus 20:12“Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged in the land the Lord your God gives you.
Church Age
Colossians 1:26that is,
Disrespect For Old Age
2 Kings 2:23Then Elisha went up from Jericho to
End Of The Ages
Matthew 28:20Information Age
Daniel 12:4But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the scroll until the end of time. Many will go back and forth and search anxiously [through the scroll], and knowledge [of the purpose of God as revealed by His prophets] will [greatly] increase.”
Messianic Age
Daniel 2:37-44You, O king, are the king of [earthly] kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory;
Middle Age
Exodus 30:14Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and over, [as he joins those already counted], shall give this contribution to the Lord.
New Age Beliefs
Galatians 1:14And [you have heard how] I surpassed many of my contemporaries among my countrymen in [my advanced study of the laws of] Judaism, as I was extremely loyal to the traditions of my ancestors.
Old Age, Attitudes To
Leviticus 19:32‘You shall rise before the gray-headed and honor the aged, and you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; I am the Lord.
Old Age, Disabilities
Psalm 71:9
Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.
Present Evil Age
Galatians 1:4who gave Himself [as a sacrifice to atone] for our sins [to save and sanctify us] so that He might rescue us from this present evil
The Age At Fatherhood
Genesis 11:24When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.
The Completion Of The Age
Isaiah 65:17
“Behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth;
And the former things [of life] will not be remembered or come to mind.
The Future Age
Ephesians 2:7[and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].