34 Bible Verses about Abuse of the Elderly (KJV)

Here are 34 Bible verses about abuse of the elderly, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Hebrews 13:17 KJV

¹⁷Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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1 Timothy 5:8 KJV

⁸But 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.

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Hebrews 10:26 KJV

²⁶For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

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Galatians 5:22-23 KJV

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

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Matthew 25:42-45 KJV

⁴²For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: ⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. ⁴⁴Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? …

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Colossians 3:20 KJV

²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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Titus 2:7 KJV

⁷In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

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Titus 2:2 KJV

²That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

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Zechariah 11:17 KJV

¹⁷Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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2 John 1:9-11 KJV

⁹Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: ¹¹For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

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Proverbs 31:6-7 KJV

⁶Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. ⁷Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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1 Peter 5:8 KJV

⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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Titus 3:1 KJV

¹Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

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Acts 4:32-35 KJV

³²And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. ³³And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. ³⁴Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of …

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Psalm 150:1-6 KJV

¹Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. ²Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. ³Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. ⁴Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. …

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Leviticus 10:9 KJV

⁹Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

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1 Timothy 5:1 KJV

¹Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

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Galatians 5:7-9 KJV

⁷Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? ⁸This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. ⁹A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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Luke 16:18 KJV

¹⁸Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

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Matthew 19:3-9 KJV

³The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? ⁴And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, ⁵And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? …

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Matthew 6:33 KJV

³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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Revelation 14:12 KJV

¹²Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

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Acts 15:19-20 KJV

¹⁹Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: ²⁰But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

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Zechariah 14:1-21 KJV

¹Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. ²For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. ³Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against …

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1 Timothy 3:2 KJV

²A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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Acts 10:35 KJV

³⁵But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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Haggai 2:8 KJV

⁸The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

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2 Timothy 4:5 KJV

⁵But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

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Ephesians 6:1 KJV

¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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Acts 10:34 KJV

³⁴Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

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Acts 5:29 KJV

²⁹Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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Matthew 19:9 KJV

⁹And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

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Matthew 5:32 KJV

³²But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

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Ezekiel 48:1-35 KJV

¹Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. ²And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. ³And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the …

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