Cross references
Ecclesiastes 12:5
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.
Ecclesiastes 12:5 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 17:13 (7 votes) and Job 30:23 (6 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 5 to Hebrews 9.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 12:5 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Job 17:137 votes
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
- Job 30:236 votes
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Jeremiah 9:17–205 votes
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water. …
- Proverbs 16:314 votes
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
- Genesis 50:3–103 votes
taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that …
- Leviticus 19:323 votes
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
- Job 15:103 votes
Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
- Psalm 49:10–143 votes
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes. …
- Psalm 71:183 votes
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 all who are to come.
- Genesis 42:382 votes
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 comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
- Genesis 44:292 votes
- Genesis 44:312 votes
- Proverbs 20:292 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:102 votes
- Isaiah 46:42 votes
- Jeremiah 1:112 votes
- Mark 5:38–392 votes
- Hebrews 9:272 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 12:5?
The 10 strongest of 21.