19 Bible Verses about The Elderly

(for the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not, unless they wash their hands carefully, because they hold the tradition of the elders:

Let the elders who rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in word and teaching.

Receive not an accusation against an old man, unless before two or three witnesses.

the elder women, as mothers; the younger women, as sisters, with all purity.

the twenty-four elders fall down before him that sits on the throne, and worship him that lives from age to age, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying: Thou art worthy, Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and by thy will they exist, and were created.

Is any one among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil, in the name of the Lord.

Do not rebuke an elderly man, but entreat him as a father; the younger men, as brothers:

Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you according to prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

And, on the following day, Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Those who sin rebuke before all, that the rest also may fear.

But if he will not hear you, take with you one or two more, that, by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.

if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.

Then the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people met together at the palace of the chief priest, who was called Caiaphas.

The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed.

And the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures, fell down, and worshiped God that sits upon the throne, saying: Amen, Alleluia.

And round about the throne were twenty-four thrones; and on the thrones there sat twenty-four elders, clothed in white raiment; and on their heads were crowns of gold.

Act as shepherds to the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for the sake of sordid gain, but from readiness of mind: