28 Bible Verses about Aging

Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.

You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.

Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.

Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors.

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

Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.

He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him.

I said to myself, 'Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.'

The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one's best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life."

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good. In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters -- with complete purity.

Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.

So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.

Moses was 120 years old when he died, but his eye was not dull nor had his vitality departed.

But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments.

He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.