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What the Bible says about Aging

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.

1 Timothy 5

 1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

Proverbs 20:29

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

Psalm 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.

Psalm 71:9

 9 Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.

Proverbs 16:31

 31 Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.

Job 12:12

12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?

   Does not long life bring understanding?

James 1:27

27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Proverbs 17:6

6 Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

Psalm 92:12-14

12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,

   they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

13 planted in the house of the LORD,

   they will flourish in the courts of our God.

14 They will still bear fruit in old age,

   they will stay fresh and green,

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.

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