28 Bible Verses about Aging

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is obtained by following a righteous path.

"Rise in the presence of the aged and honor the elderly face-to-face. "Fear your God. I am the LORD.

Even until your old age, I am the one, and I'll carry you even until your gray hairs come. It is I who have created, and I who will carry, and it is I who will bear and save.

"Wisdom may be found in the company of the aged. Understanding comes with longevity.

They will still bear fruit even in old age; they will be luxuriant and green.

Don't throw me away when I am old; do not abandon me when my strength fails.

You'll go to your grave at a ripe old age; like a stack of grain that's harvested at just the right time.

then passed away, dying at a ripe old age, having lived a full life, and joined his ancestors.

Listen to the one who fathered you, and don't despise your mother in her old age.

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the pride of children is their parents.

I will satisfy him with long life; I will show him my deliverance. A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath Day

He died at a good old age, having lived a full life, replete with riches and honor, and with his son Solomon reigning in his place.

I thought, experience should speak; abundance of years teaches wisdom.

We live for 70 years, or 80 years if we're healthy, yet even in the prime years there are troubles and sorrow. They pass by quickly and we fly away.

teach us to keep account of our days so we may develop inner wisdom.

If you will live life my way, keeping my statutes and my commands, just like your father David did, I'll also increase the length of your life."

Remember the days of old, reflect on the years of previous generations. Ask your father, and he'll tell you; your elders will inform you.

Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness. They should encourage the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible and pure, to manage their households, to be kind, and to submit themselves to their husbands. Otherwise, the word of God may be discredited.

Older men are to be sober, serious, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance. Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness.

Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men like brothers, older women like mothers, and younger women like sisters, with absolute purity.

Also, when I reach old age and have gray hair, God, do not forsake me, until I have declared your power to this generation and your might to the next one.

"Look how the LORD has let me survive, as you can see, these 45 years since the time when the LORD said this through Moses, while Israel was wandering through the wilderness. And look! I'm here today my eighty-fifth birthday!

Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight wasn't impaired and he was still vigorous and strong.

Now as for you, you'll die peacefully, join your ancestors, and be buried at a good old age.

Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going.

I remember the former times, meditating on everything you have done. I think about the work of your hands.

He keeps reliable advisors from speaking, and removes discernment from elders.

""Honor your father and your mother, just as the LORD your God commanded you, so that you will live long and things will go well for you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.