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100 Bible Verses about Caring For Elderly Parents

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 910 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:4 ESV / 710 helpful votes

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 638 helpful votes

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Leviticus 19:32 ESV / 588 helpful votes

“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 5:16 ESV / 470 helpful votes

“‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

1 Timothy 5:1 ESV / 399 helpful votes

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,

Proverbs 23:22 ESV / 378 helpful votes

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

James 1:27 ESV / 353 helpful votes

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Ephesians 6:2-3 ESV / 307 helpful votes

“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 304 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 299 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Mark 7:9-13 ESV / 298 helpful votes

And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)— then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 273 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Psalm 71:9 ESV / 243 helpful votes

Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.

John 19:25-27 ESV / 242 helpful votes

But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Isaiah 46:3-4 ESV / 229 helpful votes

“Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Proverbs 20:20 ESV / 218 helpful votes

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

Ephesians 6:2 ESV / 215 helpful votes

“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),

1 Timothy 5:1-2 ESV / 214 helpful votes

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

2 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 195 helpful votes

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

1 Corinthians 13:4 ESV / 180 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

1 Timothy 5:16 ESV / 172 helpful votes

If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.

Mark 7:10-13 ESV / 168 helpful votes

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)— then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

Isaiah 46:4 ESV / 166 helpful votes

Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 155 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV / 154 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

Leviticus 20:9 ESV / 153 helpful votes

For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.

Proverbs 23:25 ESV / 141 helpful votes

Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.

Psalm 109:8 ESV / 141 helpful votes

May his days be few; may another take his office!

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 120 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Proverbs 16:31 ESV / 114 helpful votes

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 112 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Matthew 15:4-6 ESV / 108 helpful votes

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.

Proverbs 20:29 ESV / 107 helpful votes

The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

John 19:26-27 ESV / 103 helpful votes

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 99 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Job 12:12 ESV / 99 helpful votes

Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

Psalm 71:18 ESV / 98 helpful votes

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.

Hebrews 13:16 ESV / 96 helpful votes

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 95 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 6:3 ESV / 88 helpful votes

“that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

1 Timothy 5:3 ESV / 85 helpful votes

Honor widows who are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:17 ESV / 83 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 81 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Proverbs 30:17 ESV / 80 helpful votes

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Proverbs 17:6 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

1 Peter 5:5 ESV / 75 helpful votes

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Joel 2:28 ESV / 75 helpful votes

“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Psalm 92:12-14 ESV / 75 helpful votes

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,

Proverbs 13:24 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 73 helpful votes

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Isaiah 1:17 ESV / 72 helpful votes

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

1 Timothy 5:3-4 ESV / 70 helpful votes

Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 68 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Matthew 25:34-40 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? ...

Matthew 25:40 ESV / 65 helpful votes

And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

James 2:14-17 ESV / 63 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Mark 7:9 ESV / 62 helpful votes

And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 62 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 58 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Matthew 25:35 ESV / 58 helpful votes

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

John 19:27 ESV / 57 helpful votes

Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

1 Timothy 5:14 ESV / 56 helpful votes

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 55 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

1 Timothy 5:15 ESV / 52 helpful votes

For some have already strayed after Satan.

Romans 2:7 ESV / 52 helpful votes

To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

Deuteronomy 27:16 ESV / 52 helpful votes

“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

James 1:19 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Psalm 68:5 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Job 32:7 ESV / 50 helpful votes

I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’

1 Peter 5:1 ESV / 49 helpful votes

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:

Deuteronomy 34:7 ESV / 49 helpful votes

Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.

Hebrews 13:3 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.

Philemon 1:9 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—

Romans 12:10 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Galatians 6:2 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

John 3:16 ESV / 45 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 19:17 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 44 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

John 19:26 ESV / 43 helpful votes

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV / 43 helpful votes

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

2 Corinthians 1:4-11 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort. For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. ...

Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 40 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 39 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Colossians 3:12 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

Romans 13:8 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

John 15:13 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 35 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Matthew 19:26 ESV / 33 helpful votes

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Psalm 118:24 ESV / 33 helpful votes

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 28 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Acts 6:1-15 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. ...

2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV / 20 helpful votes

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

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