Bible Verses About Age
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for age, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 596 votes, led by 1 Timothy 4:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Age
1 Timothy 4:12153 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.
Psalms 90:1080 votes
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.
Job 12:1277 votes
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Isaiah 46:433 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.
Genesis 6:328 votes
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Proverbs 20:2927 votes
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Psalms 92:12-1426 votes
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Proverbs 3:1-3522 votes
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Titus 2:1-322 votes
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
1 Timothy 5:120 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Psalms 71:918 votes
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Psalms 90:12-1318 votes
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Ruth 4:1516 votes
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
John 14:1-3113 votes
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 Corinthians 12:9-1012 votes
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Isaiah 65:2011 votes
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Genesis 25:7-810 votes
And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Job 32:810 votes
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
What does the Bible say about age?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 4:12 on the subject of age. Across 596 votes, 18 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 90:10, Job 12:12, Isaiah 46:4. This page lists all 18 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.