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What Does the Bible Say About Aging?

Here are 14 Bible verses about aging, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #12 Corinthians 4:16

    For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

    BSBTherefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

  2. #2Proverbs 20:29

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

    BSBThe glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

  3. #3Psalms 71:18

    Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

    BSBEven 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.

  4. #4Psalms 71:9

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

    BSBDo not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

  5. #5Proverbs 16:31

    The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

    BSBGray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

  6. #6Job 12:12

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

    BSBWisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

  7. #7Leviticus 19:32

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

    BSBYou are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

  8. #8Isaiah 46:4

    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.

    BSBEven 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.

  9. #9Psalms 92:12-15

    The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

    BSBThe righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”

  10. #10Titus 2:3

    The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

    BSBOlder women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

  11. #11Psalms 92:12-14

    The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

    BSBThe righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

  12. #121 Timothy 5:8

    But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

    BSBIf anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

  13. #13Proverbs 17:6

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

    BSBGrandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

  14. #14Psalms 103:5

    Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

    BSBwho satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

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