Bible Verses About Growing Old
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for growing old, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 665 votes, led by Proverbs 16:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Growing Old
Proverbs 16:31108 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Isaiah 46:495 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.
Leviticus 19:3257 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.
Proverbs 20:2952 votes
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Psalms 92:12-1551 votes
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
1 Timothy 5:841 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.
2 Corinthians 4:1640 votes
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6827 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Luke 17:3327 votes
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Ecclesiastes 12:3-725 votes
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
Proverbs 23:2222 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Exodus 20:1221 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Psalms 1:1-613 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Deuteronomy 28:47-4812 votes
Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Psalms 71:17-1811 votes
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Psalms 92:411 votes
For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Psalms 92:12-1411 votes
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
1 Timothy 5:111 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
2 Samuel 19:31-3910 votes
And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
Job 12:1210 votes
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Psalms 71:1-73:2810 votes
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
What does the Bible say about growing old?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 16:31 on the subject of growing old. Across 665 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 46:4, Leviticus 19:32, Proverbs 20:29. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.