Bible Verses About Age and Wisdom
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for age and wisdom, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,737 votes, led by Job 12:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Age and Wisdom
Job 12:12164 votes
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Proverbs 1:789 votes
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Job 32:787 votes
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
1 Timothy 4:1266 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Proverbs 16:3164 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Psalms 91:1-1659 votes
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Proverbs 19:2059 votes
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Psalms 71:1843 votes
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.
James 3:1743 votes
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Proverbs 20:2942 votes
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Ecclesiastes 12:737 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Isaiah 46:436 votes
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.
Isaiah 43:1-331 votes
But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Psalms 90:1230 votes
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Job 32:6-829 votes
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
Job 32:929 votes
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Leviticus 19:3225 votes
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
James 1:525 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Job 14:124 votes
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Matthew 7:2424 votes
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
1 Timothy 5:124 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Proverbs 13:1023 votes
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Colossians 4:5-623 votes
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Proverbs 29:1122 votes
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Deuteronomy 32:720 votes
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
What does the Bible say about age and wisdom?
Readers most often cite Job 12:12 on the subject of age and wisdom. Across 1,737 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 1:7, Job 32:7, 1 Timothy 4:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.