57 Bible Verses about Old Age, Attainment Of

And all the days of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred and thirty years, and then he died.

So that all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.

And the LORD said, "My spirit shall not always strive with man, for they are flesh. Nevertheless I will give them yet space, a hundred and twenty years."

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood. And Shem lived, after he had begot Arpachshad, five hundred years and begat sons and daughters. And Arpachshad lived thirty five years and begat Shelah,read more.
and lived, after he had begot Shelah, four hundred years and three and begat sons and daughters. And Shelah was thirty years old and begat Eber, and lived, after he had begot Eber, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. When Eber was thirty four years old, he begat Peleg, and lived, after he had begot Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. And Peleg when he was thirty years old begat Reu, and lived after he had begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. And Reu, when he had lived thirty two years, begat Serug, and lived after he had begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. And when Serug was thirty years old, he begat Nahor, and lived, after he had begot Nahor, two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Nahor, when he was twenty nine years old, begat Terah, and lived, after he had begot Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

These are the days of the life of Abraham which he lived: a hundred and seventy five years and then fell sick and died, in a lusty age - when he had lived enough - and was put unto his people.

The days of our age are threescore years and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

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 and three years over all Israel and Judah.

But Barzillai said unto the king, "Of what age am I of, that I should go with the king into Jerusalem? I am this day four score year old: and therefore can not discern savoury from unsavoury, neither hath thy servant pleasure in that he eateth or drinketh: nor yet delectation in the songs of men or women. It is no need that thy servant be a burden unto my lord the king:

but walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live and that it may go 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 long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

'Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: that thou mayest prolong thy days, and that it may go well with thee on the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Keep therefore his ordinances, and his commandments which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee and with thy children after thee and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth which the LORD thy God giveth thee forever."

My son, forget not my law, but see that thine heart keep my commandments. For they shall prolong the days and years of thy life, and bring thee peace.

Age is a crown of worship, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:

Abraham was old and stricken in days, and the LORD had blessed him in all things.

and then fell he sick and died, and was put unto his people being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

And Gideon the son of Joash died, when he was of a good age, and was buried in the burial of Joash his father, even in Ophrah that pertained unto the father of the Abiezrites.

And he died in a good age: old, rich and glorious. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

And Jehoiada waxed old and full of years and died. An hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

And so he died, being old and of a perfect age.

Thus saith the LORD Sabaoth: yet there shall sit both old men and old women in the streets of Jerusalem and men with staves in their hands for the multitude of days.

There shall never be child nor old man, that have not their full days. But when the child cometh to a hundred years old, it shall die. And if he that is a hundred years of age do wrong, he shall be cursed.

Children's children are a crown of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

And Israel said unto Joseph, "I had not thought to have seen thy face, and yet lo, God hath showed it me and also thy seed."

Joseph dwelt in Egypt and his father's house also, and lived a hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's children, even unto the third generation. And unto Machir the son of Manasseh were children born, and sat on Joseph's knees.

and that shall bring thy life again and cherish thine old age. For thy daughter-in-law which loveth thee hath borne him that is better to thee than seven sons."

After this lived Job forty years, so that he saw his children, and his children's children to the fourth generation.

The LORD shall so bless thee out of Zion, that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.

And yet the LORD determined to bruise him with infirmities. His soul giving herself for trangression, he shall see seed of long continuance; and the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Behold, the days will come that I will cut off thine arm and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an elder in thine house. And thou shalt see thine enemy in the tabernacle, in all that shall please Israel, and there shall not be an elder in thine house while the world standeth. Yet will I will not root out every man of thee from mine altar, but that thine eyes may be consumed, and thy soul may be sorry. And a great multitude of thine house shall die young.

Cast me not away in mine old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me.

And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. Then called he Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, "My son." And he said unto him, "Here am I."

And the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

When king David was waxen old and stricken in years, though they covered him with clothes, yet he caught no heat.

And the remnant of all the deeds of Asa and of all his might and of all that he did, and the cities which he built, are written in the chronicles of the acts done in the days of the kings of Judah. Neverthelater, in his old age he was diseased in his feet.

Abraham and Sara were both old and well stricken in age, and it ceased to be with Sara after the manner as it is with wives. And Sara laughed in herself saying, "Now I am waxed old, shall I give myself to lust, and my lord old also?" Then said the LORD unto Abraham, "Wherefore doth Sara laugh saying, 'shall I of a surety bear a child, now when I am old?'

And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sara, that is ninety years old, bear?"

And Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he begat him in his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.

Then he said, "What is to be done for her?" And Gehazi said, "Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old."

And Zacharias said unto the angel, "Whereby shall I know this? Seeing that I am old, and my wife well stricken in years."

And he said, "Behold, I am old and know not the day of my death:

And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber. And the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto him.

And when David was old and stricken in years, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

I, I which shall bear you unto your last age, I have made you; I will also nourish you, bear you and save you.

And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, and yet his eyes were not dim nor his cheeks abated.

And now behold, the LORD hath kept me lusty, as he said, this forty and five years, even since the LORD spake unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness. And now see I am this day four score and five years: and yet am as strong at this time, as I was when Moses sent me: look how strong I was then, so strong I am now, to war and to do all manner of things.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a fair age, like as the corn sheaves are brought in to the barn in due season.

They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking,

She said also, "Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sara should have given children suck, or that I should have borne him a son in his old age?"

Then he said, "By such a time, as soon as the fruit can live, thou shalt embrace a son." And she said, "Oh nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto the handmaid." And the wife conceived and bare a son the same season that Elisha had said unto her, "As soon as the fruit could have life."

And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age. And this is her sixth month, though she be called barren,

"Among old persons there is wisdom, and among the aged is understanding.

With us are old and aged men; yea, such as have lived longer than thy forefathers.

The strength of young men is their worship; and a grey head, is a honour unto the aged.

And as soon as they heard that, they went out one by one, the eldest first. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

That the elder men be sober, honest, discreet, sound in the faith, in love and in patience.