50 Bible Verses about The Elderly

Wisdom is found with the elderly,
and understanding comes with long life.

It is not only the old who are wise
or the elderly who understand how to judge.

Remember the days of old;
consider the years long past.
Ask your father, and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will teach you.

“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am Yahweh.

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.

(For the Pharisees, in fact all the Jews, will not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, keeping the tradition of the elders.

The elders who are good leaders should be considered worthy of an ample honorarium, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

I understand more than the elders
because I obey Your precepts.

Her husband is known at the city gates,
where he sits among the elders of the land.

In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting in front of me, and there the hand of the Lord God came down on me.

Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.

I thought that age should speak
and maturity should teach wisdom.

older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.

the 24 elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, worship the One who lives forever and ever, cast their crowns before the throne, and say:

Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel’s elders,

Don’t discard me in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not abandon me.

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young.

The Lord answered Moses, “Bring Me 70 men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

Do not neglect the gift that is in you; it was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the older women and little children, but do not come near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

When they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

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

The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.”

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him, and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones serving him.

He deprives trusted advisers of speech
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.

The people will oppress one another,
man against man, neighbor against neighbor;
the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder,
and the worthless toward the honorable.

Gather the people;
sanctify the congregation;
assemble the aged;
gather the children,
even those nursing at the breast.
Let the groom leave his bedroom,
and the bride her honeymoon chamber.

Israel worshiped Yahweh throughout Joshua’s lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua and who had experienced all the works Yahweh had done for Israel.

But if he won’t listen, take one or two more with you, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.

The glory of young men is their strength,
and the splendor of old men is gray hair.

one who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of wildness or rebellion.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you:

Then the 24 elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who is seated on the throne, saying:

Amen! Hallelujah!

Saul said, “I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me so I can bow in worship to the Lord your God.”

Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.

Around that throne were 24 thrones, and on the thrones sat 24 elders dressed in white clothes, with gold crowns on their heads.

They will still bear fruit in old age,
healthy and green,

Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;

I will be the same until your old age,
and I will bear you up when you turn gray.
I have made you, and I will carry you;
I will bear and save you.

“Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.

“I will make youths their leaders,
and the unstable will govern them.”

Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had told him.

Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked there was a hole in the wall.

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to these people?”