28 Bible Verses about Aging

A gray head is a crown of glory;
It is found in the way of righteousness.

‘You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the Lord.

Even to your old age I will be the same,
And even to your graying years I will bear you!
I have done it, and I will carry you;
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.

“Wisdom is with aged men,
With long life is understanding.

They will still yield fruit in old age;
They shall be full of sap and very green,

Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

“You will come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.

Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.

Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Grandchildren are the crown of old men,
And the glory of sons is their fathers.

“With a long life I will satisfy him
And let him see My salvation.”

Then he died in a ripe old age, full of days, riches and honor; and his son Solomon reigned in his place.

“I thought age should speak,
And increased years should teach wisdom.

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.

So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.”

“Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance. Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers, the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity.

And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

Now behold, the Lord has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old today.

Although Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated.

As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your doings;
I muse on the work of Your hands.

“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the Lord your God gives you.