Bible Verses About Old Age: General references

You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?

Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.

You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

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

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.

I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.

And so Job died, old and full of years.

Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

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.

In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

young men and maidens, old and young together.

Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.