50 Bible Verses about The Elderly

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days intelligence.

Great men are not always wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.

Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee;

Thou shalt rise up before grey hair and honour the face of the elder and fear thy God. I am the LORD.

Children's children are the crown of old men, and the honour of the children are their fathers.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands often, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Let the elders that govern well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and doctrine.

I understand more than the elders because I keep thy precepts.

Nun Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

Against an elder do not receive an accusation, unless there are two or three witnesses.

I said, Days shall speak, and the multitude of years shall declare wisdom.

the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.

the twenty-four elders fall down before him that is seated on the throne and worship him that lives for ever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,

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

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the congregation ; and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old nor show favour to the young;

Then the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be elders of the people, and their princes; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the testimony that they may stand there with thee.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren,

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which is given unto thee to prophesy, through the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Slay the old, the young men, and the virgins, the children and the women, but do not come near anyone upon whom is the mark; and ye must begin from my sanctuary. Then they began with the men, the elders, which were in front of the temple.

And the day following, Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were gathered.

And having ordained elders for them in every congregation and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord on whom they believed.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls who shall play in them.

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

He impedes the lips of those that speak the truth and takes away the counsel of the aged.

Those that persist in sin rebuke before all, that the others may also fear.

And the people shall do violence, one against another, and each one against his neighbour; the child shall rise up against the ancient and the base against the honourable.

gather the people, sanctify the meeting, assemble the elders, gather the children and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet.

And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua and who had known all the works of the LORD that he had done with Israel.

But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

He who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children who can not be accused of dissoluteness, nor insubordinate.

Then the princes of the priests and the scribes and the elders of the people assembled together in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

The elders who are among you I exhort (I am also an elder with them and a witness of the afflictions of the Christ, and also a participant of the glory that shall be revealed).

And the twenty-four elders and the four animals fell upon their faces and worshipped God that was seated upon the throne, saying, Amen! Halelu-JAH!

Then he said, I have sinned; yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people and before Israel and turn again with me that I may worship the LORD thy God.

Hear counsel, and receive chastening that thou may be wise in thy old age.

And round about the throne were twenty-four thrones, and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be vigorous and flourishing

Feed the flock of God which is among you, caring for her, not by force, but willingly; not for shameful lucre, but with willing desire;

And even to your old age I am he, and even to grey hairs I will carry you; I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will deliver you.

Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen that which is done to you in Egypt,

And I will give children to be their princes, and young fools shall rule over them.

For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the old men that had stood before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?