Quotes about Old age
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
— Aristotle
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
— Genesis 18:13
So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
— Genesis 21:2
She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
— Genesis 21:7
My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
— Genesis 24:36
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
— Genesis 27:1
Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
— Genesis 37:3
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
— Genesis 48:10
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
— Ruth 4:15
You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
— 1 Samuel 2:32
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
— 2 Samuel 19:32
Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
— 1 Kings 1:1