Thematic Bible: Old age
Thematic Bible
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and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and you shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music are silenced;
And in the second year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, with which his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.
Old age » Examples of vigorous » Feebleness in
also they are afraid of the high place, and terrors along the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets;
in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men are bowed, and the grinders cease because there are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
And King David was old, going on in days. And they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.
So says Jehovah of Hosts: There shall yet be old men and old women living in the streets of Jerusalem, and each man with his staff in his hand because of their many days.
Old age » Examples of vigorous » Gray hairs, an indication of
also they are afraid of the high place, and terrors along the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets;
Strangers have eaten up his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows it not.
The gray head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.
And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray-headed, and, behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.
With us are both the gray-headed and aged, mightier than your father as to days.
The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Old age » Examples of vigorous » Dimness of vision, in
And it happened when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called his oldest son Esau and said to him, My son. And he said to him, Behold, I am here.
And the eyes of Israel were dim for age; he could not see. And he brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
And it happened at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes began to become dim so that he could not see.
in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men are bowed, and the grinders cease because there are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » To be honoured
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and dared not show you my opinion.
Listen to your father who sired you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
Do not sharply rebuke an elder, but exhort as a father, and the younger ones as brothers, older women as mothers, the younger as sisters in all purity.
Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » Prodigality
And he went up from there to Bethel. And he was going up in the highway. And little boys came out from the city and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!
But now those younger laugh at me, whose fathers I would have refused to set with the dogs of my flock.
Rulers were hanged by the hand; the faces of elders were not honored.
Old age » General references to » Devoid of pleasure
Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.
Old age » Examples of vigorous » moses
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor had he lost any of his natural strength.
Old age » General references to » Of the righteous, honourable
The gray head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.
Old age » General references to » Promised to abraham
And you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.
Old age » Examples of vigorous » Caleb
As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me. As my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out and to come in.
Old age » General references to » Rules of conduct for
aged men to be temperate, sensible, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience. Let the aged women likewise be in reverent behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved by much wine, teachers of good;
Old age » General references to » Divine presence in
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.
Old age » General references to » Prayer concerning
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
Old age » Examples of vigorous » Anna
And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in many days, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity.
Select readings » Old age
Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them. So long as the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened, or the clouds return after rain, in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men are bowed, and the grinders cease because there are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened, read more.
and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and you shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music are silenced; also they are afraid of the high place, and terrors along the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets; or ever the silver cord is not loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern; then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and you shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music are silenced; also they are afraid of the high place, and terrors along the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets; or ever the silver cord is not loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern; then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
Sleeplessness » Common causes of loss of sleep » Old age
and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and you shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music are silenced;
And in the second year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, with which his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.
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