16 Bible Verses about Retirement

And when He had sent the crowds away, He went up into a mountain apart to pray. And when evening had come, He was there alone.

And moving from there Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee. And He went up into a mountain and sat there.

And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain apart.

And going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said to them,

And He said to them, Come aside into a deserted place and rest a little. For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity even to eat.

And He arose from there and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered into a house and desired no one to know it. But He could not be hidden.

And returning, the apostles told Him all that they had done. And He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.

And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw.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

The gray head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

Sons of sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

For I know the purposes which I am purposing for you, says Jehovah; purposes of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

I have been young, and am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or 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 fat and flowering;

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

Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne by Me from the belly, who are lifted from the womb; even to old age I am He; and to gray hairs I will bear you. I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.