Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
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- Gen 3:19 : 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
- Gen 2:7 : 7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
- Eccl 3:20-21 : 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
- Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.
- Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
- Ps 90:3 : 3 Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
- Heb 12:23 : 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
- Jer 38:16 : 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
- Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:
- Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
- Num 27:16 : 16 Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
- Job 4:19-20 : 19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! 20 Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
- Job 7:21 : 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
- Job 20:11 : 11 His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
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- Eccl 3:19-224 verses83%
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
22 Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?
- Job 34:14-152 verses81%
14 If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15 All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
- Eccl 12:5-62 verses80%
5 yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
6 before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
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8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
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4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
- Ps 104:29-302 verses75%
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.
- Job 7:9-102 verses75%
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.
10 He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
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19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
- Job 14:10-123 verses74%
10 But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 [ As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
12 So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
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3 Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- Eccl 5:15-162 verses72%
15 As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?
- Eccl 1:2-76 verses72%
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
3 What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
4 One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.
- Eccl 12:1-22 verses72%
1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
2 before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
- Eccl 6:11-122 verses72%
11 Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12 For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
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7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
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22 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
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11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
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16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
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14 For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
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4 Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
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10 So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave] ; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.
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2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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38 When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?
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12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.
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26 They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
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8 Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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15 That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.
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8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
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16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.