50 Bible Verses about The Elderly

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

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 shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.

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

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

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

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth 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 mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

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

The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

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

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

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over 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 shew favour to the young:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, 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 was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had 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 playing in the streets thereof.

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 removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, 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 overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for 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.

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

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

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

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 instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty 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 fat and flourishing;

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even 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 babes shall rule over them.

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

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

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