Ecclesiastes 12:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 The Lord God also made the man of the dust of the grounde, and breathed in his face breath of life, and the man was a liuing soule.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to euerlasting life, and some to shame and perpetuall contempt.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the worde of the Lorde vpon Israel, sayth the Lorde, which spred the heauens, and layed the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirite of man within him.
  • Eccl 3:20-21 : 20 All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust. 21 Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contende for euer, neither will I be alwayes wroth, for the spirite should fayle before me: and I haue made the breath.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath, 15 All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.
  • Ps 90:3 : 3 Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Moreouer we haue had the fathers of our bodies which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: should we not much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, that we might liue?
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 And to the assemblie and congregation of the first borne, which are written in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirits of iust and perfite men,
  • Jer 38:16 : 16 So the King sware secretly vnto Ieremiah, saying, As the Lorde liueth that made vs these soules, I will not slay thee, nor giue thee into the hands of those men that seeke thy life.
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 Then Abraham answered and said, Behold nowe, I haue begun to speake vnto my Lord, and I am but dust and ashes.
  • Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell vpon their faces and saide, O God the God of the spirits, of all fleshe, hath not one man onely sinned, and wilt thou bee wroth with all the Congregation?
  • Num 27:16 : 16 Let the Lorde God of the spirits of all flesh appoint a man ouer the Congregation,
  • Job 4:19-20 : 19 Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth? 20 They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.
  • Job 20:11 : 11 His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shal lie downe with him in the dust.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:19-22
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    19For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.

    20All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.

    21Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?

    22Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?

  • Job 34:14-15
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    81%

    14If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath,

    15All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.

  • Eccl 12:5-6
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    5Also they shalbe afraide of the hie thing, and feare shalbe in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grassehopper shall be a burden, and concupiscence shall be driuen away: for man goeth to the house of his age, and the mourners goe about in the streete.

    6Whiles the siluer coarde is not lengthened, nor the golden ewer broken, nor the pitcher broken at the wel, nor the wheele broken at the cisterne:

  • Eccl 12:8
    79%

    8Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • Ps 146:4
    77%

    4His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.

  • Ps 104:29-30
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    29But if thou hide thy face, they are troubled: if thou take away their breath, they dye and returne to their dust.

    30Againe if thou send forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renuest the face of the earth.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    75%

    9As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

    10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Gen 3:19
    74%

    19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.

  • Eccl 4:7
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    7Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

  • Job 14:10-12
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    10But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?

    11As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,

    12So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

  • Ps 90:3
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    3Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.

  • Eccl 5:15-16
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    15(5:14) As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shal beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.

    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

  • Eccl 1:2-7
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    72%

    2Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

    3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

    4One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.

    5The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.

    6The winde goeth toward the South, and compasseth towarde the North: the winde goeth rounde about, and returneth by his circuites.

    7All the riuers goe into the sea, yet the sea is not full: for the riuers goe vnto ye place, whence they returne, and goe.

  • Eccl 12:1-2
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    1Remember nowe thy Creator in the daies of thy youth, whiles the euill daies come not, nor the yeeres approche, wherein thou shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them:

    2Whiles the sunne is not darke, nor ye light, nor the moone, nor the starres, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    12(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 7:2
    71%

    2(7:4) It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

  • Gen 2:7
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    7The Lord God also made the man of the dust of the grounde, and breathed in his face breath of life, and the man was a liuing soule.

  • Ps 103:16
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    16For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.

  • Job 16:22
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    22For the yeeres accounted come, and I shal go the way, whence I shall not returne.

  • Eccl 2:11
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    11Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

  • Job 17:16
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    16They shal goe downe into the bottome of the pit: surely it shall lye together in the dust.

  • 2 Sam 14:14
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    14For we must needes dye, and we are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered vp againe: neither doeth God spare any person, yet doeth he appoynt meanes, not to cast out from him, him that is expelled.

  • Ps 144:4
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    4Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.

  • Job 14:2
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    2He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

  • Job 38:38
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    38When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together?

  • Job 13:12
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    12Your memories may be compared vnto ashes, and your bodyes to bodyes of clay.

  • Job 21:26
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    26They shal sleepe both in the dust, & the wormes shal couer them.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • Eccl 3:15
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    15What is that that hath bene? That is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.

  • Eccl 8:8
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    8Man is not lorde ouer the spirit to retaine the spirite: neither hath hee power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in the battell, neither shall wickednesse deliuer the possessers thereof.

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    16There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.