Old Age: General Scriptures Concerning

You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

“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.”

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? …

He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.

You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

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

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he. …

And so Job died, old and full of years.

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.

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.

In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

…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.

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

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?

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,” …

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.

…and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

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.

I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.