16 Bible Verses about Retirement

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there.

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.

And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.

On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.

And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed,

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.

They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,

even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

"Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.