LONG LIFE

(A) LONGEVITY

(1) Promised to the Obedient

De 5:33; 11:21; 1Ki 3:14; Job 5:26; Ps 91:16; Pr 3:2
Pr 9:11; 10:27; Isa 65:22; Zec 8:4; 1Pe 3:10

--SEE Life (4), LIFE

(2) Examples of

Ge 5:4,8,11,14,17,20,27,31; 9:29; 11:11; 25:7; De 31:2; 34:7
Jos 24:29; 1Sa 4:15; 12:2; 2Sa 19:35; 1Ch 29:28; Job 42:17
Lu 2:36

(B) OLD AGE

(Select Readings, Ps 71 Ec 12)
Ps 71:1-24, Ec 12:1-14

(1) General References to

Promised to Abraham
Ge 15:15

Prayer Concerning
Ps 71:9

Of the Righteous, Honourable
Pr 16:31

Devoid of Pleasure
Ec 12:1

Divine Presence in
Isa 46:4

Rules of Conduct for
Tit 2:2,3

(2) Examples of Vigorous

--Moses
De 34:7

--Caleb
Jos 14:11

--Anna
Lu 2:36

(3) Feebleness in

1Ki 1:1; Ps 71:9; Ec 12:3,5; Zec 8:4; Heb 11:21

(4) Gray Hairs, an Indication of

1Sa 12:2; Job 15:10; Pr 16:31; 20:29; Ec 12:5; Ho 7:9

--SEE Reverence for Aged, YOUNG PEOPLE

(5) Dimness of Vision, in

Ge 27:1; 48:10; 1Sa 3:2; 4:15; Ec 12:3

--to be Reverenced. See YOUNG PEOPLE

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