30 Bible Verses About Grandparents

“Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.”

“Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.”

“Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”

“Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.”

“They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green.”

“But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.”

“Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.”

“Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.”

“Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?”

“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—”

“Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

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

“Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.”

“A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.”

“Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children.”

“One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts.”

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

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”

“King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. ‘How would you advise me to answer these people?’ he asked. They replied, ‘If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.’”

“May you live to see your children’s children—peace be on Israel.”

“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”

“The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.”

“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.”

“The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand.”

“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, ‘I find no pleasure in them’—before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain.”

“Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.”

“All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer. They were given him through the promises of God to exalt him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.”

“But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children.”

“Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.”

“Then he blessed Joseph and said, ‘May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, the Angel who has delivered me from all harm—may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.’”