Ecclesiastes 12:5

Easy To Read Version

You will be afraid of high places. You will be afraid of tripping over every small thing in your path. Your hair will become white like the flowers on an almond tree. You will drag yourself along like a grasshopper when you walk. You will lose your desire \{to live\}. {\cf2\super [45]} And then you will go to your eternal home (the grave). The mourners {\cf2\super [46]} will gather in the streets \{as they carry your body to the grave\}.

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”

Genesis 44:29

If you take my other son away from me, and something happens to him, then I will be sad enough to die.’

Genesis 44:31

Our father will die if he sees that the boy isn’t with us—and it will be our fault! We will send our father to his grave a very sad man!

Job 15:10

The gray-haired men\par and the old people agree with us.\par Yes, even people older than your father\par are on our side.\par

Job 17:13

“I might hope for the grave\par to be my new home.\par I might hope to make my bed\par in the dark grave.\par

Job 30:23

I know you will lead me to my death.\par Every living person must die.\par

Psalm 71:18

Now I am old and my hair is gray.But I know that you won’t leave me, God.I will tell each new generationabout your power and greatness.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is the crown of glory on people who have lived good lives.

Proverbs 20:29

We admire a young man for his strength. But we respect an old man for his gray hair—\{it shows he lived a full life\}.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.

Isaiah 46:4

I carried you when you were born, and I will carry you when you become old. Your hair will become gray, and I will still carry you, because I made you. I will continue to carry you and I will save you.

Jeremiah 1:11

The Lord’s message came to me. This message was from the Lord: “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter the people of Judah\par through other nations.\par They will live in strange nations.\par They and their fathers never knew\par about those countries.\par I will send men with swords.\par Those men will kill the people of Judah.\par They will kill them until the people\par are finished.”\par

Leviticus 19:32

“Show honor to old people. Stand up when they come into the room. Show respect to your God. I am the Lord!

Hebrews 9:27

Every person must die once. After a person dies, he is judged.