TOPICAL BIBLE
Old Age
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Genesis 15:15You, 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 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.2 Samuel 19:34But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?2 Samuel 19:35I 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?2 Samuel 19:36Your servant will go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?2 Samuel 19:37Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”1 Chronicles 29:28He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.Job 5:26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.Job 11:17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.Job 12:12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.Job 32:4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.Job 32:5But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.Job 32:6So 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 32:7I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.Job 32:8But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.Job 32:9It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.Job 42:17And so Job died, old and full of years.Psalm 71:9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.Psalm 71:18Even 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 90:10The 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 92:14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,Psalm 148:12young men and maidens, old and young together.Psalm 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.Ecclesiastes 6:3A 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 6:6even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember 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,”Ecclesiastes 12:2before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,Ecclesiastes 12:3on 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,Ecclesiastes 12:4when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.Ecclesiastes 12:6Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.Isaiah 46:4Even 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 2:37and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.Titus 2:2Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.Philemon 1:9I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
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