Bible Cross References
the almond
Genesis 42:38
But Jacob said, "My son cannot go with you; his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. Something might happen to him on the way. I am an old man, and the sorrow you would cause me would kill me."
Genesis 44:29
If you take this one from me now and something happens to him, the sorrow you would cause me would kill me, as old as I am.'
Genesis 44:31
Leviticus 19:32
"Show respect for old people and honor them. Reverently obey me; I am the LORD.
Job 15:10
We learned our wisdom from gray-haired people--- those born before your father.
Psalm 71:18
Now that I am old and my hair is gray, do not abandon me, O God! Be with me while I proclaim your power and might to all generations to come.
Proverbs 16:31
Long life is the reward of the righteous; gray hair is a glorious crown.
Proverbs 20:29
We admire the strength of youth and respect the gray hair of age.
Isaiah 46:4
I am your God and will take care of you until you are old and your hair is gray. I made you and will care for you; I will give you help and rescue you.
Jeremiah 1:11
The LORD asked me, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" I answered, "A branch of an almond tree."
because
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead---and that is where you are going.
Job 17:13
My only hope is the world of the dead, where I will lie down to sleep in the dark.
Job 30:23
I know you are taking me off to my death, to the fate in store for everyone.
Psalm 49:10-14
10
Anyone can see that even the wise die, as well as the foolish and stupid. They all leave their riches to their descendants.
11
Their graves are their homes forever; there they stay for all time, though they once had lands of their own.
12
Our greatness cannot keep us from death; we will still die like the animals.
13
See what happens to those who trust in themselves, the fate of those who are satisfied with their wealth---
14
they are doomed to die like sheep, and Death will be their shepherd. The righteous will triumph over them, as their bodies quickly decay in the world of the dead far from their homes.
Hebrews 9:27
Everyone must die once, and after that be judged by God.
the mourners
Genesis 50:3-10
3
It took forty days, the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
4
When the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to the king's officials, "Please take this message to the king:
5
'When my father was about to die, he made me promise him that I would bury him in the tomb which he had prepared in the land of Canaan. So please let me go and bury my father, and then I will come back.' "
6
The king answered, "Go and bury your father, as you promised you would."
7
So Joseph went to bury his father. All the king's officials, the senior men of his court, and all the leading men of Egypt went with Joseph.
8
His family, his brothers, and the rest of his father's family all went with him. Only their small children and their sheep, goats, and cattle stayed in the region of Goshen.
9
Men in chariots and men on horseback also went with him; it was a huge group.
10
When they came to the threshing place at Atad east of the Jordan, they mourned loudly for a long time, and Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for seven days.
Jeremiah 9:17-20
17
The LORD Almighty said, "Think about what is happening! Call for the mourners to come, for the women who sing funeral songs."
18
The people said, "Tell them to hurry and sing a funeral song for us, until our eyes fill with tears, and our eyelids are wet from crying."
19
Listen to the sound of crying in Zion: "We are ruined! We are completely disgraced! We must leave our land; our homes have been torn down."
20
I said, "Listen to the LORD, you women, and pay attention to his words. Teach your daughters how to mourn, and your friends how to sing a funeral song.
Mark 5:38
They arrived at Jairus' house, where Jesus saw the confusion and heard all the loud crying and wailing.
Mark 5:39
He went in and said to them, "Why all this confusion? Why are you crying? The child is not dead---she is only sleeping!"