Thematic Bible: Old age


Thematic Bible



and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; Verse ConceptsNatural DeafnessWakefulnessShutting DoorsGrinding FoodFaintnessBird SoundsSingersHabitual Getting Uprelaxation

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him. Verse ConceptsBad DreamsTrouble, Causes OfInsomnia, Causes OfRestlessnessSleep, PhysicalSleeplessnessWakefulness

yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersFeeblenessMournersAlmond TreesAcrophobiaSlownessWhite HairMourning DeathCondition Of The SpiritFear Will Comeenergymarketing

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened, Verse ConceptsFeeblenessDimness Of VisionDentistryTeethLooking Through WindowsTremblingGrinding FoodEyes HarmedFew ThingsGrowingWeather In The Last Days


By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. Verse ConceptsCripplesExamples Of FaithdisabilitiesJacob, Life And Character OfDeathbedsWeakness, PhysicalFeeblenessExploits Of FaithPeople Who Blessed Others

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn't keep warm. Verse ConceptsOld Age, DisabilitiesCovering The BodyOld Age, Attainment OfWeakness, PhysicalFeeblenessCold WeatherAgeteenagervirginityscars

Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesOld Age, Attainment OfFeeblenessHope For Old PeopleSitting In SecurityUsing RoadsWalking With A StaffAgejerusalem

yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersFeeblenessMournersAlmond TreesAcrophobiaSlownessWhite HairMourning DeathCondition Of The SpiritFear Will Comeenergymarketing

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it. Verse ConceptsForeignersFalse ConfidenceHairsGreyIgnorance Of EvilIgnorant Of FactsAliensHair


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 youth to this day. Verse ConceptsGreyWork From Youth

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder than your father. Verse ConceptsAge, Glories OfMaturity, PhysicalOld Age, Attitudes ToOld Age, Attainment OfGreyWisdom


It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am." Verse ConceptsBlindness, Causes OfOld Age, DisabilitiesEyes, Affected BydisabilitiesOld Age, Attainment OfVisionWeakness, PhysicalDimness Of VisionBehold Me!Others Summoning

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. Verse ConceptsPeople KissingOld Age, DisabilitiesArmsKissingOld Age, Attainment OfVisionDimness Of VisionKissesLimitations Of Old People

It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see), Verse ConceptsVisionDimness Of VisionLying Down To Rest

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesVisionDimness Of VisionAge At Death

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened, Verse ConceptsFeeblenessDimness Of VisionDentistryTeethLooking Through WindowsTremblingGrinding FoodEyes HarmedFew ThingsGrowingWeather In The Last Days

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, "I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and didn't dare show you my opinion. Verse ConceptsSanctity Of LifeYouthLimitations Of Youth



Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, "Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldhead!" Verse ConceptsBaldnessdisabilitiesImmaturityRoadsTownMockingWicked Children, Examples OfInfidelity To GodDisrespect For Old AgeAge DiscriminationKidsFunhumorharassment

"But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs. Verse ConceptsdogsMockeryOld Age, Attitudes ToRidicule, Objects OfDisrespect For Old AgeDerisionDisdainFun

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRespect, For Human BeingsDisrespect For Old Age





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, to go out and to come in. Verse ConceptsInfirmitiesStrong IndividualsStrength In Battlefaith and strengthWarBattleAgeenergystrengh

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience: and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;



There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, Verse ConceptsProphetessSeven YearsAgeWaiting Till Marriagemumsmarraigematrimonyvirginity

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them;" Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened, read more.
and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; Verse ConceptsNatural DeafnessWakefulnessShutting DoorsGrinding FoodFaintnessBird SoundsSingersHabitual Getting Uprelaxation

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him. Verse ConceptsBad DreamsTrouble, Causes OfInsomnia, Causes OfRestlessnessSleep, PhysicalSleeplessnessWakefulness