the almond

Genesis 42:38
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 hairs down to Sheol in sorrow."

Genesis 44:29, 31
So if you take this one from me as well and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.' . . .

Leviticus 19:32
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

Job 15:10
Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side--men much older than your father.

Psalm 71:18
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.

Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

Isaiah 46:4
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 you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

Jeremiah 1:11
And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" "I see a branch of an almond tree, " I replied.

because

Ecclesiastes 9:10
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 or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Job 17:13
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

Job 30:23
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

Psalm 49:10-14
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. . . .

Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

the mourners

Genesis 50:3-10
taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. . . .

Jeremiah 9:17-20
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. . . .

Mark 5:38, 39
When they arrived at the house of Jairus, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly. . . .