Bible Verses About Aging

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

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

Leviticus 19:32

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

Psalms 37:25

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

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

Psalms 71:9

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.

Psalms 71:17

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

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

Psalms 71:18

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.

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Psalms 90:10

Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

both young men and maidens, old men and children.

Psalms 148:12

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

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

Proverbs 16:31

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

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Proverbs 20:29

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:22

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Proverbs 30:17

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

1 Timothy 5:1

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance,

Titus 2:2

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

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,

Titus 2:3

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5