57 Bible Verses about Old Age, Attainment Of

Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.

All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.

Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."

These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters. When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah.read more.
And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters. When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber. And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters. When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg. And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters. When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu. And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters. When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug. And Reu lived after he fathered Serug 207 years and had other sons and daughters. When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor. And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor 200 years and had other sons and daughters. When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years. Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.

But Barzillai said to the king, "How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

You shall walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

"'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time."

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

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

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Then he died at a good age, full of days, riches, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place.

But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death.

And Job died, an old man, and full of days.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age.

No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

And Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also."

So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father's house. Joseph lived 110 years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own.

He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him."

And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.

The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life! May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel!

Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants of your house shall die by the sword of men.

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

When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."

Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.

Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in his old age he was diseased in his feet.

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?" The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?'

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"

Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.

And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."

And Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years."

He said, "Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.

So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to the king).

When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.

And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and for going and coming.

You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.

They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,

And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."

And he said, "At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant." But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.

And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father.

The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.