Bible Verses About Taking Care of Older People
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for taking care of older people, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,933 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 Taking Care of Older People
Leviticus 19:32179 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 23:22149 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Exodus 20:12136 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 16:31135 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Isaiah 46:4128 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.
1 Peter 5:5128 votes
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Luke 2:36-38120 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;
1 Timothy 5:8111 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.
Job 12:12108 votes
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Psalms 71:9108 votes
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Proverbs 20:29104 votes
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Matthew 15:4-660 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
1 Timothy 5:1-860 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Titus 2:2-348 votes
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
1 Timothy 5:1-446 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Ephesians 6:1-336 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
1 Timothy 5:3-433 votes
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
James 1:2732 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 5:1-231 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Deuteronomy 5:1628 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Psalms 92:1428 votes
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Proverbs 17:624 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Genesis 47:1220 votes
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
Mark 7:10-1220 votes
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
1 Timothy 5:416 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.
What does the Bible say about taking care of older people?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:32 on the subject of taking care of older people. Across 1,933 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 23:22, Exodus 20:12, Proverbs 16:31. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.