Bible Verses About Taking Care of the Elderly
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for taking care of the elderly, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,740 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 Taking Care of the Elderly
1 Timothy 5:8584 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 19:32522 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.
Acts 20:35469 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Psalms 71:9414 votes
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Isaiah 46:4359 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 Timothy 5:1335 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Exodus 20:12328 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 5:4272 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 16:31267 votes
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Proverbs 23:22255 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
James 1:27242 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.
Job 12:12225 votes
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Ephesians 6:2210 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Proverbs 20:29189 votes
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
1 Peter 5:5182 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.
1 Timothy 5:3-4173 votes
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
1 Timothy 5:17162 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Luke 2:36-38146 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;
Matthew 15:4-6125 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Proverbs 17:6121 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
1 Timothy 5:16114 votes
If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
1 Timothy 5:1-297 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Hebrews 13:1682 votes
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Psalms 92:1480 votes
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Ephesians 6:2-376 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
What does the Bible say about taking care of the elderly?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:8 on the subject of taking care of the elderly. Across 8,740 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 19:32, Acts 20:35, Psalms 71:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.