25 Bible Verses About Caring For The Elderly (ESV)

8 But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

32 “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

5:1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

9   Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
    forsake me not when my strength is spent.

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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

4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

17     learn to do good;
  seek justice,
    correct oppression;
  bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow’s cause.

35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),

4   even to your old age I am he,
    and to gray hairs I will carry you.
  I have made, and I will bear;
    I will carry and will save.

31   Gray hair is a crown of glory;
    it is gained in a righteous life.

17   The eye that mocks a father
    and scorns to obey a mother
  will be picked out by the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.

3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

24   Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
    but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

14   Where there is no guidance, a people falls,
    but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

26   My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

16 If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.

20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

18   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.