16 Bible Verses about Retirement

And [after he] sent away the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. So [when] evening came, he was there alone.

And departing from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up on the mountain [and] was sitting there.

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

And [as] Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples by themselves and said to them on the way,

And he said to them, "You yourselves come privately to an isolated place and rest for a short time." For those [who were] coming and going were many, and they did not even have time to eat.

And from there he set out [and] went to the region of Tyre. And [when he] entered into a house, he wanted no one to know, and [yet] he was not able to escape notice.

And [when they] returned, the apostles described to him all that they had done. And he took them along [and] withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw and {knelt down} [and] began to pray,

A crown of glory is gray hair; by a righteous life it is gained.

The crown of the elderly [are] {grandchildren}, and the glory of children [is] their fathers.

For I know the plans that I [am] planning concerning you,' {declares} Yahweh, 'plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope.

I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.

Do not cast me away in the time of old age; when my strength fails do not abandon me.

They will still prosper in old age. They will be fat and luxuriant,

Even to [your] old age I [am] he; even to [your] advanced age I myself will support [you]. I myself have made [you], and I myself will carry [you], and I myself will support [you], and I will save [you].

"Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel who have been carried from [the] belly, who have been carried from [the] womb: Even to [your] old age I [am] he; even to [your] advanced age I myself will support [you]. I myself have made [you], and I myself will carry [you], and I myself will support [you], and I will save [you].