Aging in the Bible is said to be a sign of experience and maturity. The Lord promises His continued love and concern for the elderly. “I will be your God throughout your lifetime — until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you (Isaiah 46:4). Here are some Bible verses about growing old.
1 Timothy 5:8
8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
2 Corinthians 4:16
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
Deuteronomy 32:7
7 Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.
Deuteronomy 34:7
7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
Ecclesiastes 7:10
10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother!
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Genesis 6:3
3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
Genesis 25:8
8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.
Isaiah 40:29
29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:31
31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 46:4
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Job 5:26
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
Job 12:12
12 Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
Job 12:20
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
Job 32:7
7 I thought, ‘Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.’
Joel 2:28
28 “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Leviticus 19:32
32 “ ‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.
Philemon 1:9
9 yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
Psalms 71:9
9 Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
Psalms 71:18
18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
Psalms 73:26
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 90:10
10 Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
Psalms 90:12
12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalms 91:16
16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Proverbs 17:6
6 Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
Proverbs 20:29
29 The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old.