16 Bible Verses about Retirement

And having dismissed the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain in private to pray. And having become evening, he was there alone.

And having departed from there, Jesus came near the sea of Galilee. And having gone up onto the mountain, he sat there.

And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings them up onto a high mountain in private.

And while going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples in private on the way, and he said to them,

And he said to them, Come ye yourselves in private into a desolate place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity even to eat.

And having risen from there, he went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And having entered into a house, he wanted no man to know it, and yet he could not be hid.

And when the apostles returned, they related to him as many things as they did. And having taken them along, he withdrew in private into a desolate place of a city called Bethsaida.

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw. And he knelt down and prayed,

The hoary head is a crown of glory. It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Son's sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Cast me not off in the time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength fails.

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

And even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry [you]. I have made, and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne [by me] from their birth, who have been carried from the womb. And even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry [you]. I have made, and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver.