From Nave’s Topical Bible
Old Age
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 25Passages listed
- 12Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningGenesis 15:15Genesis 47:9Deuteronomy 34:72 Samuel 19:34–371 Chronicles 29:28Job 5:26Job 11:17Job 12:12Job 32:4–9Job 42:17Psalms 71:9Psalms 71:18Psalms 90:10Psalms 92:14Psalms 148:12Psalms 148:13Proverbs 16:31Ecclesiastes 6:3Ecclesiastes 6:6Ecclesiastes 12:1–7
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The passages, in Bible order (25)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Commentary on Genesis 15:151 voice
Anyone can see that God is here announcing Abraham's departure from this life. As for the anagogical [mystical] sense, one could say the following: The wise person leaves this life in peace, while the sinner does so with troubled thoughts and an agitated soul. And …
Didymus the Blind· ON GENESIS 231-32, 398Patristic
- Genesis 47:9
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Commentary on Genesis 47:91 voice
Jacob said unto Pharaoh, the days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:72 voices
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
His eye was not dim - Even at the advanced age of a hundred and twenty; nor his natural force abated - he was a young man even in old age, notwithstanding the unparalleled hardships he had gone through. See the account of his life at the end of this chapter, Deu 34:10 (note).
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 2 Samuel 19:34–37
But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:34–371 voice
And Barzillai said unto the king,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 29:282 voices
And he died in a good old age,.... Being seventy years of age: full of days, riches, and honour; had as much of either of them as he could wish for; and having enough, he sought after, and was taken to the possession of, eternal life, durable riches, and honours, and glory, that fade not away: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead; in full power and authority.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
And he died - David, at his death, had every thing that his heart could wish. 1. A good old age, having lived as long as living could be desirable, and having in the main enjoyed good health. 2. Full of days; having lived till he saw every thing that he lived for either accomplished or in a state of forwardness. 3. Full of riches; witness the immense sums left for the temple.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Job 5:26
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
Commentary on Job 5:261 voice
Thou shalt come to thy grave in fulness, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. For what is denoted by the name of the grave, saving a life of contemplation? which as it were buries us, dead to this world, in that it hides us in the interior world away from all earthly desires. For they being dead to the exterior life, were also buried by contemplation, to whom Paul said, For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book VI, 604Patristic
- Job 11:17
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
Commentary on Job 11:171 voice
And the noonday splendour shall rise to thee at eventide. For 'the noonday splendour at eventide' is the renewing of virtue in the season of temptation, that the soul should be reinvigorated by the sudden heat of charity, which but now was full of fear, that the light of grace had sunk to it.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book X, 604Patristic
- Job 12:12
Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Commentary on Job 12:121 voice
With the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days understanding. For these sayings are set fast in the root of wisdom, which by continuance in living, are also made strong by the practice of deeds. But because there are many to whom at once longer life is given, and yet no grace of wisdom vouchsafed, it is further shewn with propriety on whose decision the gifts themselves depend.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI, 604Patristic
- Job 32:4–9
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
Commentary on Job 32:4–91 voice
Elihu therefore waited while Job was speaking, because they who were speaking were his elders. But when he had seen that the three were not able to answer, he was very wroth. Though Holy Church is unquestionably older than her adversaries, (for they went forth from her, not she from them, as is said of them by John, They went out from us, but they were not of us,) yet Eliu is properly described as having been younger than these same adversaries.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXIII, 604Patristic
- Job 42:17
And so Job died, old and full of years.
Commentary on Job 42:171 voice
We are to understand that this prosperity lasted until his death, and so the text says, "and he died an old man," which expresses his duration of life, "and full of days," which expresses the prosperity of his life. He indicated his adversity already when …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Job, 1274Patristic
- Psalms 71:9
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Commentary on Psalms 71:91 voice
The fourth judgment of God is the judgment of abandonment, namely when God abandons man and exposes him to every temptation and sin. "When my strength shall fail, do not forsake me, O Lord. Depart not from me." It is a great peril when a …
Bonaventure· Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 2, 1257Patristic
- Psalms 71:18
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Commentary on Psalms 71:181 voice
Hear now also the Son's statements about the Father: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor." He speaks of himself likewise to the Father in the psalm: "Forsake me not, until I have declared the might of your arm to all the generations that are to come." Also with the same substance in another psalm: "O Lord, how many are they that trouble me!"
Tertullian· AGAINST PRAXEAS 11, 220Patristic
- Psalms 90:10
The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
Commentary on Psalms 90:102 voices
The days of our years in themselves are seventy years. See how gradually human life has been reduced. First in paradise we had received eternity, which we lost through disobedience: afterward the life of the ancients was extended to a thousand years: now, in the dregs of our time, one scarcely reaches seventy.
Jerome· Homily 67, on Psalm 89 (Alternate Series), 420Patristic
Let everyone above all have this zeal in common so that having made a beginning they not hesitate or grow fainthearted in their labors or say, "We have spent a long time in ascetic discipline." Instead, as though we were beginning anew each day, let each of us increase in fervor. For the entire lifetime of a human being is very brief when measured against the age to come; accordingly, all our time here is nothing compared with life eternal.
Athanasius of Alexandria· Life of St. Anthony 16:3-8, 373Patristic
- Psalms 92:14
In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
Commentary on Psalms 92:141 voice
They shall still be multiplied in a plentiful old age. Happy is he who grows daily, who grows old in age, and grows old also in virtues.
Jerome· Homily 21, on Psalm 91, 420Patristic
- Psalms 148:12
young men and maidens, old and young together.
Commentary on Psalms 148:122 voices
. Ver. 12. Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children. Both sexes and all ages are summoned to the blessed service of song. Those who usually make merry together are to be devoutly joyful together: those who make up the ends of families, that is to say, the elders and the juveniles, should make the Lord their one and only end. Old men should by their experience teach children to praise; and children by their cheerfulness should excite old men to song.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David (1869-1885)Reformed
Praise the Lord from the earth. Since the angels have praised, the heaven has praised: let the earth also praise. Let us see which things of the earth praise first. Dragons and all deeps: fire, hail, snow, ice, the spirit of storms, which do his word: mountains and all hills, fruit-bearing trees, and all cedars: beasts, and all cattle, serpents and feathered fowl. After such great things, what is said? After the dragons, after the serpents, after the fire, after the hail, after the beasts and all the cattle?
Jerome· Homily 58, on Psalm 148, 420Patristic
- Psalms 148:13
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
Commentary on Psalms 148:131 voice
Praise the Lord from the earth. Since the angels have praised, the heaven has praised: let the earth also praise. Let us see which things of the earth praise first. Dragons and all deeps: fire, hail, snow, ice, the spirit of storms, which do his word: mountains and all hills, fruit-bearing trees, and all cedars: beasts, and all cattle, serpents and feathered fowl. After such great things, what is said? After the dragons, after the serpents, after the fire, after the hail, after the beasts and all the cattle?
Jerome· Homily 58, on Psalm 148, 420Patristic
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