Bible Verses About Caring For The Elderly

• 1 Timothy 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.
• Leviticus 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.
• 1 Timothy 5:1-2 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
• Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
• 1 Timothy 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.
• Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
• John 19:26-27 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
• Proverbs 23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
• Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• Proverbs 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
• Ephesians 6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
• Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
• Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
• Proverbs 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.