Ecclesiastes 12:5

American King James Version (1999)

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which you go, then shall you bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 44:29

And if you take this also from me, and mischief befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 44:31

It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

Job 15:10

With us are both the gray headed and very aged men, much elder than your father.

Job 17:13

If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Job 30:23

For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Psalm 71:18

Now also when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed your strength to this generation, and your power to every one that is to come.

Proverbs 16:31

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go.

Isaiah 46:4

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Jeremiah 1:11

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what see you? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

Leviticus 19:32

You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.

Hebrews 9:27

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment: