28 Bible Verses about Aging

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails.

You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

I said, 'Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.'

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

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

If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience: and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

"Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. Now, behold, I am eighty-five years old, today.

Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

"Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.