Ecclesiastes 3:20

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All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

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  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
  • Job 34:15 : 15 all flesh would perish together, and mankind would return to dust.
  • Ps 104:29 : 29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
  • Eccl 6:6 : 6 Even if someone lives a thousand years twice over but does not enjoy their prosperity, do not all go to the same place?
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  • Job 7:9 : 9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.
  • Job 10:9-9 : 9 Remember, You fashioned me from clay; will You now return me to dust? 10 Did You not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
  • Job 17:13 : 13 If I hope for Sheol as my home, and I make my bed in darkness,
  • Job 30:24 : 24 Surely one does not stretch out a hand in ruin or cry for help in disaster.
  • Gen 25:8 : 8 Abraham breathed his last and died at a ripe old age, an old man full of years, and he was gathered to his people.
  • Gen 25:17 : 17 These are the years of Ishmael's life: one hundred thirty-seven years. He breathed his last, died, and was gathered to his people.
  • Num 27:13 : 13 After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  • Eccl 3:21 : 21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    18I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man, that God is testing them to show them that they are like animals.

    19For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over animals, for everything is meaningless.

  • Job 34:15
    85%

    15all flesh would perish together, and mankind would return to dust.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    83%

    7And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

    8'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'

  • Eccl 3:21-22
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    82%

    21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Eccl 9:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2Everything happens alike to everyone: the same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the pure and the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As with the good person, so with the sinner; as with those who swear oaths, so with those who avoid them.

    3This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.

  • Ps 146:4
    76%

    4When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

  • Eccl 1:2-5
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    75%

    2“Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”

    3What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

    4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

    5The sun rises, and the sun sets, and it hurries back to where it rises.

  • Job 21:26
    75%

    26They lie down together in the dust, and worms cover them.

  • Job 14:10
    75%

    10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and where is he?

  • Eccl 5:15-16
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    15This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain from all his labor for the wind?

    16Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger.

  • Gen 3:19
    74%

    19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.

  • Eccl 6:6-7
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    74%

    6Even if someone lives a thousand years twice over but does not enjoy their prosperity, do not all go to the same place?

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Eccl 4:16
    74%

    16There is no end to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Ps 104:29
    74%

    29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

    12For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

  • Ps 103:15-16
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    73%

    15As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field.

    16The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
    73%

    24For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,

  • Eccl 3:1-2
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    1There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.

    2A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

  • Ps 144:4
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    4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

  • Ps 90:3
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    3You turn humankind back to dust, saying, 'Return, O children of man.'

  • Eccl 1:14
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    14I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun; they are all meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 8:10
    72%

    10Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!

    17So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 2:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will rule over all the fruit of my labor that I have worked for under the sun. This too is meaningless.

    20So I turned my heart to despair over all the hard work with which I had labored under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:11
    72%

    11Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

  • Job 7:9
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    9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.

  • Eccl 7:2
    71%

    2It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart.

  • Eccl 3:15
    71%

    15Whatever has already been, and what will be has already been; and God seeks what has been pursued.

  • Eccl 1:9
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    9What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

  • Ps 49:12
    71%

    12Their inward thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places for all generations; they call their lands by their own names.

  • Eccl 9:5
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    5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

  • Job 14:2
    71%

    2He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

  • Eccl 2:23
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    23All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

  • Eccl 4:7
    71%

    7Again, I turned and saw meaninglessness under the sun.