10 Bible Verses about Old Age, Disabilities

Do not reject me when I am old or abandon me when I lose my strength.

Isaac was old and going blind. He called his older son Esau and said to him: Son! Esau answered: Here I am.

Israel's eyesight was failing because of old age. He could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to his father. Israel hugged them and kissed them.

Now King David was old and advanced in years. They put covers over him but he could not get warm.

The rest of the events of Asa's reign, the extent of his power and the names of the cities he built are all recorded in the Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. His feet became diseased, as he grew old.

Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself. She said to herself: After I have grown old, shall I have a baby? My lord is old also. Jehovah said to Abraham: Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?'

Abraham fell to his face. He laughed and said to himself: Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?

Jacob (Israel) loved Joseph more than all his sons because Joseph had been born in Israel's old age. So he made Joseph a special multicolored robe with long sleeves.

Elisha asked Gehazi: What can I do for her? He answered: She has no son, and her husband is an old man.

Zechariah asked: How might I be certain of this for my wife and I are old?