57 Bible Verses about Old Age, Attainment Of
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And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for certainly he is flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years and begat sons and daughters. And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years and begat Salah;read more.
and Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters. And Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber; and Salah 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 one hundred and nineteen years and begat sons and daughters.
And these were the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, one hundred seventy-five years. Then Abraham expired and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
The days of our years are seventy, and of the most valiant eighty years, yet their strength is labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? I am this day eighty years old, and shall I tell the difference between the good and the bad? Shall thy slave enjoy what I eat or what I drink? Shall I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should thy slave be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you that ye may live and that it may be well with you and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye are to inherit.
Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be lengthened upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God has commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.
Thou shalt keep, therefore, his statutes and his commandments which I command thee this day that it may go well with thee and with thy sons after thee and that thou may prolong thy days upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee, for ever.
My son, forget not my law, but let thine heart keep my commandments: For they shall add length of days and long life and peace unto thee.
And Abraham was old and well stricken in age, and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
And Isaac expired and died and was gathered unto his people, being 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 sepulchre of Joash, his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days when he died; he was one hundred and thirty years old when he died.
Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Old men and old women shall yet dwell there in the streets of Jerusalem, and each one with his staff in his hand for the multitude of the days.
There shall no longer be there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days, for the child shall die one hundred years old; and he who sins at one hundred years of age shall be accursed.
Children's children are the crown of old men, and the honour of the children are their fathers.
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face, and, behold, God has showed me also thy seed.
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's sons unto the third generation; the sons also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy soul and a sustainer in thy old age, for thy daughter-in-law, whom thou doth love, who is better to thee than seven sons, has given birth.
After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion, and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children and peace upon Israel.
With all this the LORD chose to bruise him; subjecting him to grief. When he shall have offered his soul for atonement, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the will of the LORD shall be prospered in his hand.
Behold, the days come that I will cut off thine arm and the arm of thy father's house that there shall not be an old man in thy house. And thou shalt see a competitor in my tabernacle in all the things in which I shall do good unto Israel, and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. I shall not totally cut off all thy men from my altar to consume thine eyes and to grieve thy soul, and all the increase of thy house shall die as young men.
And it came to pass, that when Isaac became old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, My son, and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Now the eyes of Israel were so dim for age that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
Now king David was old and stricken in years, and they covered him with clothes, but he did not become warm.
The rest of all the acts 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? Nevertheless, in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? Then the LORD said unto Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child when I am old?
Then Abraham fell upon his face and laughed and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him who is one hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colours.
And he said, What then shall we do for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she has no child, and her husband is old.
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.
And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber; and the king was very old; and Abishag, the Shunammite, ministered unto the king.
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon, his son, king over Israel.
And even to your old age I am he, and even to grey hairs I will carry you; I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will deliver you.
And Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
And now, behold, the LORD has caused me to live, as he said, these forty-five years from the time that the LORD spoke these words unto Moses, while Israel has walked in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war and to go out and to come in.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of wheat that is gathered in its season.
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? For I have born him a son in his old age.
And he said, At the appointed time, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, thou man of God, do not deceive thy handmaid. But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the appointed time that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
And, behold, thy relative Elisabeth, she has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
Among us are also gray hairs; there are also aged men, much elder than thy father.
The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
And those who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest even unto the last; and Jesus was left alone and the woman that had been in the midst.
that the aged men be temperate, venerable, prudent, sound in faith, in charity, in tolerance.
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