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

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

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Lev 19:32

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

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Ps 92:12-15

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

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Isa 46:4

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

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