25 Bible Verses About Caring For Elderly Parents (NIV)

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This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Caring For Elderly Parents (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Bible Verses About Caring For Elderly Parents

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1 Timothy 5:8

8 If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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1 Timothy 5:4

4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.

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Exodus 20:12

12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Leviticus 19:32

32 "'Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.

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59

Deuteronomy 5:16

16 "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Ephesians 6:2-3

2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise-- 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."

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42

Mark 7:9-13

9 And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' 11 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God), 12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

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40

James 1:27

27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

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40

2 Timothy 3:2

2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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39

1 Timothy 5:1

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

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1 Timothy 5:1-2

1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

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1 Timothy 5:16

16 If any woman who is a believer has widows in her family, she should help them and not let the church be burdened with them, so that the church can help those widows who are really in need.

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John 19:25-27

25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," 27 and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

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Proverbs 23:22

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

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Ephesians 6:2

2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise--

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Ephesians 6:1

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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27

1 Timothy 5:3

3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.

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26

Isaiah 46:4

4 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.

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Psalm 71:9

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

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Ephesians 4:32

32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

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Ephesians 6:4

4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

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22

Revelation 21:4

4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

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Ephesians 6:1-3

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise-- 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."

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1 Corinthians 13:4

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

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James 2:14-17

14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

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