Ecclesiastes 12:5

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.

Cross References

Job 17:13

If I wait hell is my house: and I have made my bed in darkness.

Job 30:23

I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.

Proverbs 16:31

Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

Psalm 71:18

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful things.

Job 15:10

There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.

Leviticus 19:32

Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the person of the aged man: and fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.

Hebrews 9:27

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

Jeremiah 1:11

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What seest thou, Jeremias? And I said: I see a rod watching.

Isaiah 46:4

Even to your old age I am the same, and to your grey hairs I will carry you. I have made you, and I will bear: I will carry and will save.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.

Proverbs 20:29

The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.

Genesis 44:31

And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his gray hairs with sorrow unto hell.

Genesis 44:29

If you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow unto hell.

Genesis 42:38

But he said: My son shall not go down with you. His brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to hell.

Jeremiah 9:16

And I will scatter them among the nations which they and their fathers have not known: and I will send the sword after them till they be consumed.