28 Bible Verses about Aging

Gray hair is a glorious crown;
it is found in the way of righteousness.

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

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.

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

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

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

You will approach the grave in full vigor,
as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.

He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people.

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

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

I will satisfy him with a long life
and show him My salvation.

He died at a ripe old age, full of days, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon became king in his place.

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

Our lives last seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.

Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.

If you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.”

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.

In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good, so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.

Older men are to be level headed, worthy of respect, sensible, and sound in faith, love, and endurance. In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.

Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.

“As you see, the Lord has kept me alive these 45 years as He promised, since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel was journeying in the wilderness. Here I am today, 85 years old.

Moses was 120 years old when he died; his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not left him.

But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all You have done;
I reflect on the work of Your hands.

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

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.