What Does the Bible Say About Old Age?
Here are 15 Bible verses about old age, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Proverbs 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.
- #2Isaiah 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.
- #3Job 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.
- #4Psalms 92:14
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
BSBIn old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- #5Psalms 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.
- #6Psalms 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.
- #7Proverbs 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.
- #8Leviticus 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.
- #92 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.
- #10Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
BSBBut those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- #11Proverbs 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.
- #12Psalms 90:10
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
BSBThe 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.
- #13Psalms 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
BSBI once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- #14Job 5:26
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
BSBYou will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
- #15Titus 2:2
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
BSBOlder men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
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