Ecclesiastes 12:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

The almond

Because

Hebrews 9:27

The mourners

Genesis 50:3

Jeremiah 9:17

Mark 5:38

General references

Genesis 23:19

Zechariah 1:5

Bible References

The almond

But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.'

"You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, older than your father.

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see an almond branch."

Because

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might,for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness,

For I know that you will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.

For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

The mourners

Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come;

They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.

General references

After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan

Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?