Old Age

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

General scriptures concerning

• Genesis 15:15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
• Genesis 47:9 “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.”
• Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
• 2 Samuel 19:34–37 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 servan…
• 1 Chronicles 29:28 He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
• Job 5:26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
• Job 11:17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
• Job 12:12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
• Job 32:4–9 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 kn…
• Job 42:17 And so Job died, old and full of years.

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