Ecclesiastes 12:5
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:”Ecclesiastes 12:5
What Does Ecclesiastes 12:5 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 12:5 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 12, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Death & Afterlife.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 12:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 17:13“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”Joshua 23:14“And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.”Job 30:23“For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”Jeremiah 9:17“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:”Proverbs 16:31“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.”Zechariah 1:5“Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?”Genesis 5:5“And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.”Genesis 50:3“And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.”Leviticus 19:32“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.”Job 14:12“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”Job 15:10“With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.”Psalms 49:10“For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.”Psalms 71:18“Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.”Genesis 23:4“I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”Genesis 23:19“And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.”Genesis 35:29“And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.”Genesis 42:38“And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”Genesis 44:29“And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”Genesis 44:31“It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.”Genesis 50:5“My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.”
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