50 Bible Verses about The Elderly

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.

Remember the days of old. Think about all the past generations. Ask your fathers to remind you, and your elders to tell you.

Show respect to the elderly, and honor older people. In this way you show respect for your God. I am Jehovah.

Grandchildren are the crowns of old men. Fathers take pride in their children.

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat until they wash their hands. They practice the tradition of the elders.)

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

I understand more than the aged, since I have observed your precepts.

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

On the fifth day of the sixth month in the sixth year, I was sitting in my home. Judah's older men were sitting in front of me. The power of the Lord Jehovah came over me.

Do not offer an accusation against an elder, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.

I said: 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'

Treat the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with much honor.

The twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne. They worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

Moses and Aaron, together with Nadab and Abihu and the seventy leaders, went up the mountain.

Do not reject me when I am old or abandon me when I lose my strength.

Is any among you sick? Let him call the elders of the congregation. Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of God.

a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.

Jehovah replied to Moses: Assemble seventy respected men who are recognized as elders of the people. Bring them to me at the tent of my presence, and tell them to stand there beside you.

Do not rebuke (censure) (criticize) an elder, but appeal to him as a father, the younger men as brothers.

Do not neglect the spiritual gift in you. It was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Kill the old men, young men, young women, mothers, and children. But do not touch anyone who has the mark on his forehead. Start here at my Temple. So they began with the elders who were standing there at the Temple.

The following day Paul went with us to James and the elders.

When they had ordained elders in every congregation they prayed with fasting. They commended them to God, on whom they believed.

Listen to your father who gave you life. Do not despise your mother when she is old.

The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing there in the streets.

He ignored the advice the elders gave him. He sought advice from the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.

Reprove the sinner in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

People will oppress each other. Everyone will harass his neighbor. The young will tyrannize the old. The common people will taunt their superiors.

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

As long as Joshua lived, the people of Israel served Jehovah. After his death they continued to do so as long as those leaders were alive who had seen for themselves everything Jehovah had done for Israel.

If he does not listen to you, take one or two more people with you. Two or three witnesses may prove every case.

The glory of young men is their strength. The honor of old men is their gray haired [wisdom and experience].

A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience.

The chief priest and the elders of the people assembled at the court of Caiaphas, the high priest.

I exhort the elders among you. I too am an older man and a witness of the sufferings of Christ. I am also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed.

The twenty-four elders and the four beasts fell down and worshiped God, who sat on the throne, saying: Amen! Praise Jehovah! (Psalm 117:1)

Saul replied: I have sinned! Now please honor me in front of the elders of my people and in front of Israel. Come back with me. Let me worship Jehovah your God!

Listen to counsel and accept instruction (discipline), that you may be wise in the future.

Around the throne were twenty-four elders sitting on thrones. They were dressed in white with crowns of gold on their heads.

Even when they are old, they still bear fruit. They are always healthy and fresh.

Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

Even in your old age with gray hair I am he, I am he who will support you. I have made you and I will bear your burden (take care of you). I will sustain (support) (strengthen) you and I will rescue you (keep you safe).

Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them: JEHOVAH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me. He said: I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.

I will make boys their leaders. Childish tyrants will govern them.

Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age. It was at the very time God had promised him.

Then he took me to the entrance of the courtyard. As I looked, I saw a hole in the wall.

Then King Rehoboam consulted elders who had been with Solomon his father when he was living. He said: In your opinion, what answer am I to give to these people?