Old Age
Gray hair as a crown, honour for the elderly, and God's promise to carry his people to the end.
Prov 16:31
Read in full chapter →31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
See also: Pirkei Avot (Mishnah Avot) 6:8, Proverbs 20:29
Lev 19:32
Read in full chapter →32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
See also: Against Apion, Book II 1:28, 1 Timothy 5:1
Ps 92:12-15
Read in full chapter →12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
See also: Psalms 1:3, Jeremiah 17:8
13Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
See also: Isaiah 40:31, Psalms 15:1
14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
See also: Mishnah Kiddushin 4:14, Psalms 1:3
15To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
See also: Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalms 18:2
Isa 46:4
Read in full chapter →4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
See also: Psalms 71:18, Psalms 48:14