Ecclesiastes 12:5

New Living Translation

Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.”

Genesis 44:29

Now if you take his brother away from me, and any harm comes to him, you will send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.’

Genesis 44:31

If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving, white-haired man to his grave.

Job 15:10

On our side are aged, gray-haired men much older than your father!

Job 17:13

What if I go to the grave and make my bed in darkness?

Job 30:23

And I know you are sending me to my death— the destination of all who live.

Psalm 71:18

Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of the young is their strength; the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Isaiah 46:4

I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.

Jeremiah 1:11

Then the Lord said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?” And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely.”

Leviticus 19:32

“Stand up in the presence of the elderly, and show respect for the aged. Fear your God. I am the Lord.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment,