56 Bible Verses about Old Age, Attainment Of
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So all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years, - and he died.
And Yahweh said - My spirit shall not rule in man to times age - abiding, for that, he also, is flesh, - Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters. And, Arpachshad, lived thirty-five years, - and begat Shelah;read more.
and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years, - and begat sons and daughters. And, Shelah, lived thirty years, - and begat Eber; and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Eber lived thirty-four years, - and begat Peleg; and Eber lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Reu lived thirty-two years - and begat Serug; and Reu lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Serug lived thirty years, - and begat Nahor; and Serug lived after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters. And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, - and begat Terah; and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, - and begat sons and daughters.
Now, these, are the days of the years of the life of Abraham which he lived - a hundred and seventy-five years. So Abraham breathed his last, and died in a fine old age, old and satisfied, - and was gathered unto his people,
The days of our years, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away.
Thirty years old, was David when he began to reign, - forty years, he reigned: in Hebron, reigned he over Judah, seven years, and six months, - and, in Jerusalem, reigned he thirty and three years, over all Israel and Judah.
But Barzillai said unto the king, - Like unto what, are the days of the years of my life, that I should come up with the king, to Jerusalem. Eighty years old, am I to-day - could I discern between good and bad? or could thy servant taste what I might eat, and what I might drink? or could I hearken any more to the voice of singing men and singing women? Wherefore, then, should thy servant yet be a burden unto my lord the king?
In all the way which Yahweh your God hath commanded you, must ye walk, - that ye may live and it be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which ye shall possess.
Honour thy father, and thy mother, - that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.
Honour thy father and thy mother, as Yahweh thy God hath commanded thee, - that thy days may be prolonged and that it may go well with thee, upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee:
So shalt thou keep his statutes and his commandments which, I, am commanding thee to-day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, - and to the end thou mayest prolong thy days upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God, is giving thee, all the days.
My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe; For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they and to thee.
A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.
But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers in peace, thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Now, Abraham, was old, far gone in days, - and, Yahweh, had blessed Abraham, in all things.
And Isaac breathed his last, and died and was added unto his people, old, and satisfied with days, - and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
And Gideon, son of Joash, died in a good old age, - and was buried in the grave of Joash his father, in Ophrah, of the Abiezrites.
And he died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches and honour, - and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
But Jehoiada waxed old and became satisfied with days, and died, - a hundred and thirty years old, when he died.
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Yet shall old men and old women sit in the broadways of Jerusalem, - Yea, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days:
There shall be thenceforward, no more, A suckling of a few days, or an elder Who filleth not up his days, - But, a youth a hundred years old, may die, Yea a sinner a hundred years old, shall he accursed,
The crown of old men, consists of children's children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.
And Israel said unto Joseph, To see thine own face, had I not thought, - and lo! God hath caused me to see even thy seed!
And Joseph abode in Egypt, he, and his fathers house, - and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's, sons of three generations - moreover the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph's knees.
So shall he become a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age, - for, thy daughter-in-law who loveth thee, hath borne him, even, she, who is better to thee than seven sons.
And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years, - and saw his sons and his sons' sons, four generations.
Yahweh will bless thee, out of Zion, - and behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, all the days of thy life! And behold thou thy children's children, - Prosperity on Israel!
Yet, Yahweh, purposed to bruise him, He laid on him sickness: - If his soul become an offering for guilt, He shall see a seed, He shall prolong his days, - And the purpose of Yahweh, in his hand, shall prosper:
Lo! days are coming, when I will hew off thine arm, and the arm of the house of thy father, - that there shall be no elder in thy house; But thou shalt descry distress at home, in all that shall gladden Israel, - and there shall not be an elder in thine own house, all the days. But, any man of thine whom I may not cut off from mine altar, it shall be - to consume his eyes, and grieve his soul; Howbeit, all the multitude of thy house, shall die, by the sword of men.
And it came to pass that Isaac, was old, and his eyes became too dim to see, so he called Esau his elder son and said unto him My son! And he said unto him, Behold me!
Now, the eyes of Israel, had become dim from old age, - he could not see, - so he drew them near unto him, and kissed them, and embraced them.
Now, King David, was old, advanced in days, - and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
Now, the rest of all the story of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did and the cities which he built, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Howbeit, in the time of his old age, he was diseased in his feet.
But Abraham and Sarah, were old, far gone in days, - it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. So then Sarah laughed within herself, saying: After I am past age, hath there come to me pleasure, my lord, also being old? And Yahweh said unto Abraham, - Wherefore now did Sarah laugh saying. Can it really and truly be that I should bear, seeing that have become old?
And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, - and said in his heart To one a hundred years old, shall a child be born? And shall even Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?
Now, Israel, loved Joseph more than any of his sons, because he was to him, the son of his old age, and he had made him, a long tunic.
So he said, What then can be done for thee? And Gehazi said, Verily, she hath no, son, and, her husband, is, old.
And Zachariah said unto the messenger - Whereby, shall I know this? for, I, am, aged, and, my wife, advanced in her days.
So Bath-sheba went in unto the king, into the chamber, now, the king, was very old, - and Abishag the Shunammite, was ministering unto the king.
Now, David, was old, and satisfied with days, - so he made Solomon his son king, over Israel;
Even unto old age, I, am, the same, And unto grey hairs, I, will bear the burden, - I have made and, I, will carry, Yea, I, will bear the burden and will deliver,
Now, Moses, was a hundred and twenty years old, when he died, - his eye had not dimmed, nor had his freshness fled.
Now, therefore lo! Yahweh hath kept me alive as he spake these forty and five years from the time Yahweh spake this word unto Moses, while Israel journeyed in the desert. Now, therefore lo! I - to-day, am eighty and five years old: I remain, to-day, as courageous as on the day when Moses sent me, as my strength was then, so also my strength is now, - for war, both to go out and to come in.
Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.
And she said - Who would have announced to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled children? yet have I borne a son, for his old age!
Then said he - At this season, about the time of spring, thou, shalt be embracing a son. And she said - Nay! my lord, thou man of God, do not delude thy maid-servant. And the woman conceived, and bare a son, at this season, about the time of spring, when Elisha, had spoken unto her.
And lo! Elizabeth thy kinswoman, even she, hath conceived a son in, her old-age; - and, this month, is, the sixth, to her, the so-called barren one;
Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!
The beauty of young men, is their strength, and, the ornament of old men, a hoary head.
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- Attainment (18 instances)
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