Old Age: General Scriptures Concerning
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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? / I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king? / Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
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. / But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled. / So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
Job 42:17
And so Job died, old and full of years.
Psalm 71:9, 18
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. / 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. / Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 6:3, 6
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. / 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,” / before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain, / on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
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. / Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
Philemon 1:9
I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.