25 Bible Verses About Taking Care Of 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.

35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

5:1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

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.

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

4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.

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.

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

12   Wisdom is with the aged,
    and understanding in length of days.

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.

16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

9   The LORD watches over the sojourners;
    he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
    but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

5:1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:

3 Honor widows who are truly widows.

6   Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of children is their fathers.

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