Age

6 passages

1. 1 Timothy 4:12

   Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

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2. Psalm 90:10

   The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

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3. Job 12:12

   Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

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4. Isaiah 46:4

   Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

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5. Proverbs 20:29

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

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6. Genesis 6:3

   So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

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