Top 30 Bible Verses about the Old Man

You shall rise before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and fear your God: I am the LORD.

Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, If it is found in the way of righteousness.

Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

Even to your old age, I am He, and even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as you would a father; younger men as brothers.

Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near, of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them.”

They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Honor your father and mother (this is the first commandment with a promise).

I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural vigor diminished.

With us are both the gray-haired and the aged men, much older than your father.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

And at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed.

No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each one with staff in hand because of their great age.

Jesus said to them, Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

I am now eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king?

He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children.

Age isn’t how old you are but how old you feel.

The past is never dead. It’s not even past.

The older a man grows, the more he loses his friends.

The oldest stories are the ones that remind us of our humanity.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.