taking care of older people
Exodus Chapter 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Leviticus Chapter 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Job Chapter 12:12
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Psalm Chapter 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Proverbs Chapter 16:31
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Proverbs Chapter 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Proverbs Chapter 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Isaiah Chapter 46:4
And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Matthew Chapter 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew Chapter 15:5
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Matthew Chapter 15:6
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Luke Chapter 2:36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
Luke Chapter 2:37
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Luke Chapter 2:38
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
Ephesians Chapter 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians Chapter 6:2
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Ephesians Chapter 6:3
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
1 Timothy Chapter 5:1
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
1 Timothy Chapter 5:2
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
1 Timothy Chapter 5:3
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
1 Timothy Chapter 5:4
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
1 Timothy Chapter 5:5
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
1 Timothy Chapter 5:6
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
1 Timothy Chapter 5:7
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
1 Timothy Chapter 5:8
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Titus Chapter 2:2
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Titus Chapter 2:3
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
James Chapter 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
1 Peter Chapter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.