10 Bible Verses about Old Age, Disabilities

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

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.

Now Israel's eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.

The rest of the events of Asa's reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.

Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.) So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?" The Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child when I am old?'

Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.

So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old."

Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well."