Bible Verses About Elderly
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for elderly, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,379 votes, led by Leviticus 19:32. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Elderly
Leviticus 19:3294 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 5:1-290 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Proverbs 23:2274 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Psalms 71:969 votes
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Proverbs 20:2958 votes
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Proverbs 16:3145 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Job 12:1243 votes
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Isaiah 46:441 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.
Psalms 71:1840 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.
Exodus 20:1237 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 5:831 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.
Luke 2:36-3828 votes
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
Psalms 92:12-1425 votes
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Proverbs 17:624 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Job 32:723 votes
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Isaiah 40:3122 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
1 Timothy 5:122 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Joel 2:2821 votes
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
1 Kings 12:620 votes
And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
Psalms 92:1420 votes
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Titus 2:2-320 votes
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Deuteronomy 34:719 votes
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Psalms 90:1219 votes
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
1 Timothy 5:1719 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Deuteronomy 32:717 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 elderly?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:32 on the subject of elderly. Across 1,379 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 5:1-2, Proverbs 23:22, Psalms 71:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.