16 Bible Verses about Retirement

And having dismissed the crowds, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when even was come, he was alone there,

And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;

And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart.

And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with him apart in the way, and said to them,

And he said to them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a little. For those coming and those going were many, and they had not leisure even to eat.

And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know it, and he could not be hid.

And the apostles having returned related to him whatever they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart into a desert place of a city called Bethsaida.

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and having knelt down he prayed,

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.

I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green;

Even to old age, I am HE, and unto hoary hairs I will carry you: It is I that have made, and I will bear, and I will carry, and will deliver.

Hearken unto me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, ye who have been borne from the belly, who have been carried from the womb: Even to old age, I am HE, and unto hoary hairs I will carry you: It is I that have made, and I will bear, and I will carry, and will deliver.