80+Bible Verses About Caring For The Elderly [KJV Scripture]

“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, honour the face of the old man, fear thy God: I am the Lord”

— Leviticus 19:32

“Even to your old age I am he; even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, I will bear; even I will carry, will deliver you”

— Isaiah 46:4

“But if any provide not for his own, specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, is worse than an infidel”

— 1 Timothy 5:8

“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, to requite their parents: for that is good acceptable before God”

— 1 Timothy 5:4

“Honour thy father thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”

— Exodus 20:12

“Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth”

— Psalm 71:9

“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, despise not thy mother when she is old”

— Proverbs 23:22

“Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; the younger men as brethren”

— 1 Timothy 5:1

“Honour thy father mother; which is the first commandment with promise”

— Ephesians 6:2

“Pure religion undefiled before God the Father is this, To visit the fatherless widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world”

— James 1:27

“If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed”

— 1 Timothy 5:16

“My flesh my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, my portion for ever”

— Psalm 73:26

“Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do”

— Galatians 2:10

“That it may be well with thee, thou mayest live long on the earth”

— Ephesians 6:3

“The eye that mocketh at his father, despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it”

— Proverbs 30:17

“The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness”

— Psalm 41:3

“The same came to Jesus by night, said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him”

— John 3:2

“It shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; your sons your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions”

— Joel 2:28

“Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, he will shew thee; thy elders, they will tell thee”

— Deuteronomy 32:7

“, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture admonition of the Lord”

— Ephesians 6:4

“Now also when I am old greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, thy power to every one that is to come”

— Psalm 71:18

“The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down”

— Psalm 146:9

“Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”

— Ephesians 4:32

“So Job died, being old full of days”

— Job 42:17

“Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, widow. all the people shall say, Amen”

— Deuteronomy 27:19

“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness”

— Proverbs 16:31

“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes”

— Proverbs 13:24

“For this God is our God for ever ever: he will be our guide even unto death”

— Psalm 48:14

“Withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; not only idle, but tattlers also busybodies, speaking things which they ought not”

— 1 Timothy 5:13

“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord”

— Colossians 3:20

“But to do good to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased”

— Hebrews 13:16

“Honour thy father thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”

— Deuteronomy 5:16

“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord ; that which he hath given will he pay him again”

— Proverbs 19:17

“I said, Days should speak, multitude of years should teach wisdom”

— Job 32:7

“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this”

— Ecclesiastes 7:10

“For with God nothing shall be impossible”

— Luke 1:37

“All my bones shall say, Lord , who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor the needy from him that spoileth him?”

— Psalm 35:10

“Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety”

— Proverbs 11:14

“Bear ye one another’s burdens, so fulfil the law of Christ”

— Galatians 6:2

“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child”

— Exodus 22:22

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you”

— 1 Peter 5:7

“Now she that is a widow indeed, desolate, trusteth in God, continueth in supplications prayers night day”

— 1 Timothy 5:5

“Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, the man that getteth understanding”

— Proverbs 3:13

“Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered said, I am young, ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, durst not shew you mine opinion”

— Job 32:6

“He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse”

— Proverbs 28:27

“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another”

— Romans 12:10

“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, giveth grace to the humble”

— 1 Peter 5:5

“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law the prophets”

— Matthew 7:12

“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, abundance of idleness was in her in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor needy”

— Ezekiel 16:49

“Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. all the people shall say, Amen”

— Deuteronomy 27:16

“They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat flourishing”

— Psalm 92:14

“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”

— Romans 8:28

“But I am poor needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God”

— Psalm 40:17

“Train up a child in the way he should go: when he is old, he will not depart from it”

— Proverbs 22:6

“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others”

— Philippians 2:4

“For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, to thy needy, in thy land”

— Deuteronomy 15:11

“A father of the fatherless, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation”

— Psalm 68:5

“He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, honour: Solomon his son reigned in his stead”

— 1 Chronicles 29:28

“Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he”

— Job 32:4

“Moses was an hundred twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated”

— Deuteronomy 34:7

“Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, that it may be well with you, that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess”

— Deuteronomy 5:33

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, not be weary; they shall walk, not faint”

— Isaiah 40:31

“Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard”

— Proverbs 21:13

“Ye shall fear every man his mother, his father, keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God”

— Leviticus 19:3

“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom”

— Psalm 90:12

“Obey them that have the rule over you, submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you”

— Hebrews 13:17

“Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb”

— Isaiah 46:3

“For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him”

— Leviticus 20:9

“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, peace, be multiplied”

— 1 Peter 1:2

“King Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?”

— 1 Kings 12:6

“The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed”

— 1 Peter 5:1

“The glory of young men is their strength: the beauty of old men is the grey head”

— Proverbs 20:29

“Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their fathers”

— Proverbs 17:6

“With the ancient is wisdom; in length of days understanding”

— Job 12:12

“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow”

— Isaiah 1:17

“For I was an hungred, ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, ye took me in”

— Matthew 25:35

“Honour widows that are widows indeed”

— 1 Timothy 5:3

“I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive”

— Acts 20:35

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right”

— Ephesians 6:1

“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word doctrine”

— 1 Timothy 5:17

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; he sent signified it by his angel unto his servant John”

— Revelation 1:1