Ecclesiastes 12:5
Likewise, they will fear the things above them, and they will dread the way. The almond tree will flourish; the locust will be fattened; and the caper plant will be scattered, because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall wander around in the street.
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Genesis 44:29If you take this one also, and anything happens to him on the way, you will lead my grey hairs down with grief to the grave.’
Genesis 50:3And while they were fulfilling his orders, forty days passed. For this was the method of embalming dead bodies. And Egypt wept for him for seventy days.
Job 15:10There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers.
Job 30:23I know that you will hand me over to death, where a home has been established for all the living.
Psalms 71:18Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
Proverbs 20:29The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 12:2-8
The Infirmities of Old Age; The Effects of Death. 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4… Read the whole commentary →