Old Age

General Scriptures Concerning

• Genesis 15:15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
• Genesis 47:9 “My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
• Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
• 2 Samuel 19:34–37 But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? …
• 1 Chronicles 29:28 He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
• Job 5:26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
• Job 11:17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
• Job 12:12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
• Job 32:4–9 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he. …
• Job 42:17 And so Job died, old and full of years.
• Psalm 71:9 Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
• Psalm 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
• Psalm 90:10 The length of our days is seventy years — or eighty if we are strong — yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
• Psalm 92:14 In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
• Psalm 148:12–13 young men and maidens, old and young together. …
• Proverbs 16:31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
• Ecclesiastes 6:3 A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
• Ecclesiastes 6:6 even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
• Ecclesiastes 12:1–7 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,” …
• Isaiah 46:4 Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
• Luke 2:37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
• Titus 2:2–3 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance. …
• Philemon 9 I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.