50 Bible Verses about The Elderly

Wisdom [is] with [the] aged, and understanding [is in] length of days.

[It is] not {the aged} [who] are wise, or [it is not] [the] elders [who] understand justice.

Remember [the] old days, {the years long past}; ask your father, and he will inform you, your elders and they will tell you.

" '{Before} old age you shall get up, and you shall show respect for an old person; and you shall revere your God; I [am] Yahweh.

The crown of the elderly [are] {grandchildren}, and the glory of children [is] their fathers.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands {ritually}, [thus] holding fast to the traditions of the elders.

The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.

I understand more than [the] elders, for I keep your precepts.

Her husband is known at the gates, in his seat among the elders of the land.

{And then} 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 {before me}. And the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell on me there,

Do not accept an accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

I thought, 'Let days speak, and let many years teach wisdom.'

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives {forever and ever}, and put down their crowns before the throne, saying,

And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel went up.

Do not cast me away in the time of old age; when my strength fails do not abandon me.

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

{a grim-faced nation} {who does not show respect} to [the] old and [the] young [and] does not show pity.

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know [are] elders of the people and their officials; take them to the tent of assembly, and they will stand there with you.

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to [him] as a father, younger men as brothers,

Do not neglect the gift [that is] in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

You must kill {totally} old man, young man and young woman, and little children and women, but {concerning} every man {with the mark on him} you must not approach; and from my sanctuary you must begin." And they began with the old men who {were before} the house.

And on the next [day] Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

And [when they] had appointed elders for them in every church, [after] praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

And the public squares of the city will be filled [with] boys and girls playing in its public squares.'

But he forsook the advice of the elders that advised him and took counsel of the young men who had grown up with him who were {serving} before him.

He deprives [the] trustworthy of speech, and he takes away [the] discretion of elders.

Reprove those who sin in the presence of all, in order that the rest also may experience fear.

And the people will be oppressed {by each other} and a man by his neighbor. The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the dishonorable toward the honorable.

gather [the] people, consecrate [the] assembly; assemble [the] elders, gather [the] children, even those [who are] breast-feeding; let [the] bridegroom come out from his private room, and [the] bride from her canopy.

Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who lived long after Joshua, and who had known all the work that Yahweh did for Israel.

But if he does not listen, take with you in addition one or two [others], so that by {the testimony} of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

The glory of young men [is] their strength, but the beauty of the aged [is] gray hair.

If anyone is blameless, [the] husband of one wife, having faithful children, not {accused of dissipation} or rebellious.

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

Therefore [I, your] fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, [and] also a sharer of the glory that is going to be revealed, exhort the elders among you:

And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying, "Amen! Hallelujah!"

Then he said, "I have sinned! Now please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me {so that I can worship} Yahweh your God."

Listen [to] advice and accept instruction so that you will gain wisdom for your {future}.

And around the throne [were] twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones [were] twenty-four elders dressed in white clothing, and on their heads [were] gold crowns.

They will still prosper in old age. They will be fat and luxuriant,

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not by compulsion but willingly, in accordance with God, and not greedily but eagerly,

Even to [your] old age I [am] he; even to [your] advanced age I myself will support [you]. I myself have made [you], and I myself will carry [you], and I myself will support [you], and I will save [you].

Go and gather the elders of Israel and say to them, 'Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, appeared to me, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, "I have carefully attended to you and what has been done to you in Egypt."

And I will make boys their princes, and children shall rule over them.

And she conceived, and Sarah bore to Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

And he brought me to the doorway of the courtyard, and I saw, and look! A hole in the wall.

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who had been {serving} before Solomon his father when he was alive, saying, "How [are] you advising [me] {to answer this people}?"