Bible Verses About Caring for the Elderly
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for caring for the elderly, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,380 votes, led by 1 Timothy 5:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Caring for the Elderly
1 Timothy 5:8156 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Leviticus 19:32137 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.
1 Timothy 5:1-2102 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Psalms 71:9100 votes
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Exodus 20:1270 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
1 Timothy 5:467 votes
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Proverbs 23:2265 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Ephesians 6:143 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
John 19:26-2740 votes
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Isaiah 1:1739 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Matthew 25:3538 votes
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Proverbs 16:3132 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Ephesians 6:231 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Isaiah 46:430 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.
James 1:2726 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
1 Timothy 5:3-425 votes
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
Proverbs 30:1724 votes
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.
Proverbs 11:1419 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Psalms 71:1818 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.
Psalms 41:317 votes
The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Proverbs 13:2417 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Colossians 3:2017 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Psalms 73:2616 votes
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Isaiah 46:1-1316 votes
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
Acts 20:2816 votes
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
What does the Bible say about caring for the elderly?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:8 on the subject of caring for the elderly. Across 1,380 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 19:32, 1 Timothy 5:1-2, Psalms 71:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.