24 Bible Verses about Aging

The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.

Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.

And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.

And he came to his end after a long life, full of days and great wealth and honour; and Solomon his son became king in his place.

I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good, Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children, To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind. That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,

Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers: To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

And now, as you see, the Lord has kept me safe these forty-five years, from the time when the Lord said this to Moses, while Israel was wandering in the waste land: and now I am eighty-five years old.

And Moses at his death was a hundred and twenty years old: his eye had not become clouded, or his natural force become feeble.

As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.

Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;

Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.