Aging
10 passages
- 2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Read it in context - Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
Read it in context - Job 12:12
Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Read it in context - Leviticus 19:32
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Read it in context - Psalm 92:12–14
12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
Read it in context - Isaiah 46:3–4
3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth. 4Even 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.
Read it in context - Psalm 37:25
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Read it in context - Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
Read it in context - Psalm 92:14
In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
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