Bible Verses About Old People
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for old people, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 341 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 Old People
Proverbs 16:3139 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Psalms 71:936 votes
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Leviticus 19:3227 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.
Psalms 90:1027 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.
Deuteronomy 34:722 votes
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Job 12:1220 votes
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Isaiah 46:415 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.
Luke 2:36-3815 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;
Proverbs 20:2914 votes
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Titus 2:1-614 votes
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
Proverbs 17:613 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Isaiah 40:3113 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.
Psalms 71:1812 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 92:12-1412 votes
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Deuteronomy 32:711 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.
1 Timothy 5:111 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Genesis 6:310 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.
Job 32:710 votes
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Psalms 90:10-1210 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.
2 Corinthians 4:1610 votes
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
What does the Bible say about old people?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 16:31 on the subject of old people. Across 341 votes, 20 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 71:9, Leviticus 19:32, Psalms 90:10. This page lists all 20 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.