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Ecclesiastes 12:5

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the almond: Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31; Leviticus 19:32; Job 15:10; Psalms 71:18; Proverbs 16:31, Proverbs 20:29; Isaiah 46:4; Jeremiah 1:11

because: Ecclesiastes 9:10; Job 17:13, Job 30:23; Psalms 49:10-14; Hebrews 9:27

the mourners: Genesis 50:3-10; Jeremiah 9:17-20; Mark 5:38-39

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