when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to
taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our fa
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm c
And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudl
Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry y