elderly
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32Rise up in the presence of a gray-haired head, and honor the reputation of an elder, and fear the Lord your God. I am the Lord.
1You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers; 2with old women, like mothers; with young women, in all chastity, like sisters.
22Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.
9Do not cast me off in the time of old age. Do not abandon me when my strength will fail.
29The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.
12In old age is wisdom, and in length of days is prudence.
31Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.
4Even to your old age, I am the same. And even with your grey hairs, I will carry you. I have made you, and I will sustain you. I will carry you, and I will save you.
18even in old age and with grey hairs. Do not abandon me, O God, while I announce your arm to every future generation: your power
12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
8But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.
36And there was a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, from the tribe of Asher. She was very advanced in years, and she had lived with her husband for seven years from her virginity. 37And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day. 38And entering at the same hour, she confessed to the Lord. And she spoke about him to all who were awaiting the redemption of Israel.
13The just one will flourish like the palm tree. He will be multiplied like the cedar of Lebanon. 14Those planted in the house of the Lord will flourish in the courts of the house of our God. 15They will still be multiplied in a fruitful old age, and they will endure well,