16 Bible Verses about Retirement

After He had dismissed the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When it was evening, He was there alone.

Jesus went on from there and passed along by [the eastern shore of] the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on the hillside and was sitting there.

Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John the brother of James, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve [disciples] aside, and along the way He said to them,

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while”—for there were many [people who were continually] coming and going, and they could not even find time to eat.

Jesus got up and left there and went to the region of Tyre [and Sidon, the coastal area of Phoenicia]. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know about it; but it was impossible for Him to be hidden [from the public].

When the apostles returned, they told Him all that they had done. He took them with Him and He privately withdrew [across the Jordan] to a city called Bethsaida.

And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,

The silver-haired head is a crown of splendor and glory;
It is found in the way of righteousness.

Grandchildren are the crown of aged men,
And the glory of children is their fathers [who live godly lives].

For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.

Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.

[Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age;
They will flourish and be vital and fresh [rich in trust and love and contentment];

Even to your old age I am He,
And even to your advanced old age I will carry you!
I have made you, and I will carry you;
Be assured I will carry you and I will save you.

“Listen to Me,” [says the Lord], “O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been carried by Me from your birth
And have been carried [in My arms] from the womb,

Even to your old age I am He,
And even to your advanced old age I will carry you!
I have made you, and I will carry you;
Be assured I will carry you and I will save you.