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The 15 most-voted verses about old age, from 7 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

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

Proverbs 16:31 (BSB)

The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 16:31 (KJV)

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

Proverbs 16:31 (WEB)

Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

Isaiah 46:4 (BSB)

And [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].

Isaiah 46:4 (KJV)

Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

Isaiah 46:4 (WEB)

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

Job 12:12 (BSB)

With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

Job 12:12 (KJV)

With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

Job 12:12 (WEB)

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

Psalm 92:14 (BSB)

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

Psalm 92:14 (KJV)

They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

Psalm 92:14 (WEB)

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

Psalm 71:9 (BSB)

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

Psalm 71:9 (KJV)

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

Psalm 71:9 (WEB)

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.

Psalm 71:18 (BSB)

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.

Psalm 71:18 (KJV)

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

Psalm 71:18 (WEB)

You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:32 (BSB)

¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.

Leviticus 19:32 (KJV)

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:32 (WEB)

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

Job 5:26 (BSB)

Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

Job 5:26 (KJV)

You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

Job 5:26 (WEB)

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

Psalm 37:25 (BSB)

I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Psalm 37:25 (KJV)

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

Psalm 37:25 (WEB)

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.

Psalm 90:10 (BSB)

The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Psalm 90:10 (KJV)

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

Psalm 90:10 (WEB)

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

Proverbs 17:6 (BSB)

Children’s children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.

Proverbs 17:6 (KJV)

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents.

Proverbs 17:6 (WEB)

The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

Proverbs 20:29 (BSB)

The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.

Proverbs 20:29 (KJV)

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Proverbs 20:29 (WEB)

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31 (BSB)

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)

but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31 (WEB)

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 4:16 (BSB)

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 4:16 (KJV)

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 4:16 (WEB)

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

Titus 2:2 (BSB)

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Titus 2:2 (KJV)

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance,

Titus 2:2 (WEB)

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