Ecclesiastes 12:5

New American Bible - revised edition

When one is afraid of heights, and perils in the street; When the almond tree blooms, and the locust grows sluggish and the caper berry is without effect, Because mortals go to their lasting home, and mourners go about the streets;

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob replied: “My son shall not go down with you. Now that his brother is dead, he is the only one left. If some disaster should befall him on the journey you must make, you would send my white head down to Sheol in grief.”

Genesis 44:29

If you take this one away from me too, and a disaster befalls him, you will send my white head down to Sheol in grief.’

Genesis 44:31

and your servants will thus send the white head of your servant our father down to Sheol in grief.

Job 15:10

There are gray-haired old men among us, more advanced in years than your father.

Job 17:13

If my only hope is dwelling in Sheol, and spreading my couch in darkness,

Job 30:23

Indeed I know that you will return me to death to the house destined for everyone alive.

Psalm 71:18

Now that I am old and gray, do not forsake me, God, That I may proclaim your might to all generations yet to come, Your power

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by a life that is just.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of the young is their strength, and the dignity of the old is gray hair.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Anything you can turn your hand to, do with what power you have; for there will be no work, no planning, no knowledge, no wisdom in Sheol where you are going. The Time of Misfortune Is Not Known.

Isaiah 46:4

Even to your old age I am he, even when your hair is gray I will carry you; I have done this, and I will lift you up, I will carry you to safety.

Jeremiah 1:11

The word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? “I see a branch of the almond tree,” I replied.

Jeremiah 9:16

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Inquire, and call the wailing women to come; summon the most skilled of them.

Leviticus 19:32

Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the old, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as it is appointed that human beings die once, and after this the judgment,