But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

But Jacob answered, "My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow."

Now Jacob's eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.

"Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.

"You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am the Lord.

a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young.

He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. Indeed, your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him."

You will approach the grave in full vigor, as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.

Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

He deprives trusted advisers of speech and takes away the elders' good judgment.

Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us, men older than your father.

the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet.

What use to me was the strength of their hands? Their vigor had left them.

I thought that age should speak and maturity should teach wisdom.

It is not [only] the old who are wise or the elderly who understand how to judge.

It is not [only] the old who are wise or the elderly who understand how to judge.

Even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me. Then I will proclaim Your power to [another] generation, Your strength to all who are to come.

Even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me. Then I will proclaim Your power to [another] generation, Your strength to all who are to come.

Our lives last seventy years or, if we are strong, eighty years. Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow; indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.

I have sought You with all my heart; don't let me wander from Your commands.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

I will be the same until [your] old age, and I will bear [you] up when you turn gray. I have made [you], and I will carry [you]; I will bear and save [you].

I was angry with My people; I profaned My possession, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

But I am full of the Lord's wrath; I am tired of holding it back. Pour [it] out on the children in the street, on the gang of young men as well. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old with the very old.

This they did, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.