16 Bible Verses about Retirement

And as soon as he had sent the people away, he went up into a mountain alone to pray. And when night was come he was there himself alone.

Then Jesus went away from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee, and went up in to a mountain, and sat down there.

And after six days Jesus took Peter and James and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain out of the way,

And Jesus ascended to Jerusalem, and took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said to them,

And he said unto them, "Come ye apart into the wilderness, and rest awhile." For there were many comers and goers, and that they had no leisure for so much as to eat.

And from thence he rose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would that no man should have known of him: But he could not be hid.

And the apostles returned, and told him what great things they had done. And he took them and went aside into a solitary place, nigh to a city called Bethsaida.

And he gat himself from them, about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

Age is a crown of worship, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Children's children are a crown of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

For I know what I have devised for you sayeth the LORD. My thoughts are to give you peace, and not trouble, which I give you already; and that ye might have hope again.

I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.

Cast me not away in mine old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me.

They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking,

I, I which shall bear you unto your last age, I have made you; I will also nourish you, bear you and save you.

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all ye that remain yet of the household of Israel, whom I have borne from your mother's womb, and brought you up from your birth, till ye were grown: I, I which shall bear you unto your last age, I have made you; I will also nourish you, bear you and save you.