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Mar 24, 2021 · We knew that we needed to go deeper into: What does the Bible say about aging? What will it mean for us to think biblically as older women and to live covenantally as older women? So the first place we went was Psalm 92 where the psalmist tells us at the end,
- 1 Timothy 5:8. 8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16. 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. Read Chapter All Versions.
- Deuteronomy 32:7. 7 Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.
- Deuteronomy 34:7. 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. Read Chapter All Versions.
Oct 3, 2024 · The church is exhorted to encourage older men and women and to honor widows (1 Tim. 5:1–3). Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for failing to care well for their parents (Mark 7:9–13). According to the Bible, ageism is simply unacceptable. Aging Brings Wisdom. One reason to honor the aging is that aging brings wisdom.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV / 282 helpful votes. So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Proverbs 20:29 ESV / 229 helpful votes. The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
- Psalm 71:18 ESV / 223 helpful votes. So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.
- Psalm 71:9 ESV / 201 helpful votes. Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.
Older women are to teach the young women to love their husbands and children. They are to teach them to think before they act, to be pure, to be workers at home, to be kind, and to obey their own ...
Oct 7, 2024 · What does the Bible say about old age? Old age is a blessing from the Lord. We should never be afraid of aging. Christians have a responsibility to show kindness, respect, and to take care of the elderly. Yes we are to respect all people, but there is a certain type of respect that we give to the elderly unlike our own age group.
Sep 23, 2009 · Titus 2:3. “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine.” Continuing his definition of what constitutes “sound doctrine” (Titus 2:1), Paul next moves to the behavior that must be evident in the lives of older women.
