Zechariah 1:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, can they live forever?

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

When Elisha was suffering from the sickness of which he was to die, Joash, king of Israel, went down to weep over him. “My father, my father!” he exclaimed, “Israel’s chariot and steeds!”

2 Kings 13:20

And so Elisha died and was buried. At that time of year, bands of Moabites used to raid the land.

Psalm 90:10

Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty, if we are strong; Most of them are toil and sorrow; they pass quickly, and we are gone.

Ecclesiastes 1:4

One generation departs and another generation comes, but the world forever stays.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

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;

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 36:28

Take another scroll, and write on it all the words in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, burned.

Lamentations 5:7

Our ancestors, who sinned, are no more; but now we bear their guilt.

John 8:52

[So] the Jews said to him, “Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’

Acts 13:36

Now David, after he had served the will of God in his lifetime, fell asleep, was gathered to his ancestors, and did see corruption.

Hebrews 9:27

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

1 Samuel 25:1

Samuel died, and all Israel gathered to mourn him; they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David went down to the wilderness of Paran. Nabal and Abigail.