LONG LIFE

(A) LONGEVITY
(1) Promised to the Obedient

Deu 5:33; Deu 11:21; 1Ki 3:14; Job 5:26; Psa 91:16; Pro 3:2

Pro 9:11; Pro 10:27; Isa 65:22; Zec 8:4; 1Pe 3:10

–SEE Life (4), LIFE

(2) Examples of

Gen 5:4; Gen 5:8; Gen 5:11; Gen 5:14; Gen 5:17; Gen 5:20; Gen 5:27; Gen 5:31; Gen 9:29; Gen 11:11; Gen 25:7; Deu 31:2; Deu 34:7

Jos 24:29; 1Sa 4:15; 1Sa 12:2; 2Sa 19:35; 1Ch 29:28; Job 42:17

Luk 2:36

(B) OLD AGE

(Select Readings, Psa_71 Ecc_12)

Psa 71:1-24, Ecc 12:1-14

(1) General References to

Promised to Abraham

Gen 15:15

Prayer Concerning

Psa 71:9

Of the Righteous, Honourable

Pro 16:31

Devoid of Pleasure

Ecc 12:1

Divine Presence in

Isa 46:4

Rules of Conduct for

Tit 2:2; Tit 2:3

(2) Examples of Vigorous

–Moses

Deu 34:7

–Caleb

Jos 14:11

–Anna

Luk 2:36

(3) Feebleness in

1Ki 1:1; Psa 71:9; Ecc 12:3; Ecc 12:5; Zec 8:4; Heb 11:21

(4) Gray Hairs, an Indication of

1Sa 12:2; Job 15:10; Pro 16:31; Pro 20:29; Ecc 12:5; Hos 7:9

–SEE Reverence for Aged, YOUNG PEOPLE

(5) Dimness of Vision, in

Gen 27:1; Gen 48:10; 1Sa 3:2; 1Sa 4:15; Ecc 12:3

–to be Reverenced. See YOUNG PEOPLE