50+ Bible Verses About Aging in Wisdom

“He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”

God provides His gift of life to His followers and ensures that they are always in the spirit He wishes to see them in by being a constant provider of hope and blessings.

He ensures that one in his old age is sustained by growing his family and blessing him with descendants.

“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”

The Almighty Lord has created all life and watches over all His people throughout their lives from birth to death. He loves and cares for them being their creator, the Holy Father, and promises to carry them in all seasons of life.

“With long life I will satisfy them and show them my salvation.”

Believers who love and trust in their Lord is promised a long and eternal life by Him.

Those who follow the word of God and live accordingly will not suffer and will obtain His grace, as even if their mortal remains perish, their souls will live alongside Him because of His gift of salvation.

“Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.”

One can be assured that even when one finds himself to be weak and frail in old age, God never leaves His people, and they are in His heart even when they are old.

He cares for them and guides them till their bodies perish, and even then, after death, he stands by them and does not forsake them. 

“But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

People are faced with hardships from which they can find sustenance only from God.

Those who wait upon the Lord and keep their faith in His word will find His love and grace and will be provided with strength even at the later stages of their life.

“Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?”

God is omnipotent and has infinite wisdom, and He provides unto His people such wisdom and understanding gradually as they come across the many life experiences.

Thus, one should be grateful for being blessed with the opportunity to gain wisdom by the grace of God.

“Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.”

One who reaches old age enjoys dignity and experience joy in things such as having grandchildren.

By instructing their children with the word of God and teaching His ways to them, one will be honored and blessed with grandchildren and will face happiness and love in their lives.

“Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.”

A person who is old and has had faith in the Lord his whole life is blessed by His grace so that he may have a long and fertile life and is provided with wisdom and good sense.

Such a person commands honor and respect from the younger generation, thereby receiving glory.

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

Those of old age are respected because they possess more knowledge, wisdom, and emotional maturity than the youth.

By the grace of God, they are blessed with the wisdom to lead righteous lives and are rewarded with spiritual and emotional growth.

“Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”

The Lord provides one with a family through children, created by His gift of life. It is the duty of the parents to bring up their child according to the ways of God so that they can always keep their faith in Him and can honor and respect them when they grow old and become weak.

“You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.”

God ensures that His people live long and fruitful lives so that one day they can find peace at the time of their death.

He provides descendants who honor and respect them and gives the promise of salvation so they can look forward to eternal life in the Heavens.

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

Followers of God should pray for wisdom in order to value the time that He has gifted by living purposefully and sensibly so that they can honor Him.

He provides them with meaningful lives and blesses them with joy and spiritual growth; hence, they should praise Him for His glory.

“He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Disciples of the Lord should be grateful to Him for always caring and providing for them. By having faith in Christ, their sins are forgiven, and they are given the chance of leading righteous lives as Christ did, and subsequently, they can be blessed with God’s grace till the end of their lives.

“Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers.”

God requires that His followers treat those who are of old age in the same manner as they would treat their fathers because they have not only lived following God’s word but have also gained his wisdom and understanding, and for this, they are respected and honored. 

“Abraham was now very old, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.”

The Lord blesses all His children who maintain their faith in Him and live righteously with necessary requirements along with other gifts to keep their content so that they can gradually increase their wealth in both material possessions and as spiritual as they grow old.

I thought, ‘Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.’

Followers of the Lord are blessed with the gift of wisdom as they age and learn to live in God’s ways by being righteous and compassionate to others.

Young people look upon them for their advice and the power of understanding they receive from God’s grace.

“The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.”

“Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.”

“They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green.”

God ensures that those who live godly lives and follow the path of righteousness are enriched with all necessities so that they can flourish.

Even in old age, they find themselves being provided with all the means to have spiritual and mental satisfaction and can look forward to being reunited with him after their death.

“Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded them.”

“Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.”

“The LORD said to Moses and Aaron.”

“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”

Even as one grows old, one must rejoice in the glory of God and work to carry out His will.

He will provide His power to them so they can persevere in their old age and will care for them until they are delivered the promise of being reunited with the Lord in His Kingdom.

“Therefore I urge you to imitate me.”

“For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.”

Believers of the Lord should be encouraged with the knowledge that even though their bodies are wearing out and they have become weak, they will be replenished from inside, and their sufferings will be temporary as they approach the ultimate gift of eternal life.

“Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.”

One should be assured that when they feel frightened about advancing old age, they will have the power of knowledge and intelligence, being blessed by the Lord, and will also possess the resilience to endure through the difficult parts as the Holy Father cares for His children at all parts of their life.

“You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.”

One should realize that their lives are a great blessing from the Lord and to be able to live to the fullest is a thing to rejoice as it is something that has been ensured by the grace of God and they should be cheerful while looking forward to having their souls united with God.

“He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.”

One who has faith in the Lord throughout his life and follows His godly ways will be free from any harm and will be blessed with riches materially and spiritually along with the promise of salvation.

He will also be blessed with descendants to help sustain him and continue his legacy.

“And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”

Followers of God should keep in mind that while they are blessed with possessions along with the honor and respect they seek, if they follow His path of righteousness and work to advance the Kingdom of God, then they will be blessed with the promise of a long and fruitful life. 

“I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.”

Those in the later stages of life are blessed with their experience from their past, which they can meditate on to get hope and encouragement and to contemplate the divine power and wisdom at play so that they can cheer themselves by engaging their confidence in the Lord.

“Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.”

One should not question the providence of God by thinking that the present time during their old age is not as good as former times.

God’s distribution of justice and His spirit of blessing His people are never unequal if they have lived in the right ways of the Lord.

Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with human beings forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

God has cared for His people by fixating a limit on their mortality in the midst of all evil in the world so that they can be saved from committing potential sins and they can live a short but fruitful life before he calls back their spirit, and their souls are united in the Heavens. 

“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”

The omnipotent God who can easily bring wrath upon all evil is a merciful and benevolent spirit and is ready to accept forgiveness for any sins committed.

He graciously wishes to be received by His people so that He can provide strength to those who need it as their mortal bodies grow weary over time as they approach their death.