Ecclesiastes 3:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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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.
  • Job 34:15 : 15 All flesh shal perish together, and man shal returne vnto dust.
  • Ps 104:29 : 29 But if thou hide thy face, they are troubled: if thou take away their breath, they dye and returne to their dust.
  • Eccl 6:6 : 6 And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 All 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 12:7 : 7 And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.
  • Job 7:9 : 9 As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.
  • Job 10:9-9 : 9 Remeber, I pray thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into dust againe? 10 Hast thou not powred me out as milke? & turned me to cruds like cheese?
  • Job 17:13 : 13 Though I hope, yet the graue shall bee mine house, and I shal make my bed in the darke.
  • Job 30:24 : 24 Doubtles none can stretch his hand vnto the graue, though they cry in his destruction.
  • Gen 25:8 : 8 Then Abraham yeelded the spirit, and died in a good age, an olde man, and of great yeeres, & was gathered to his people.
  • Gen 25:17 : 17 (And these are the yeeres of the life of Ishmael, an hundreth thirtie and seuen yeere, and he yeelded the spirit, and dyed, and was gathered vnto his people)
  • Num 27:13 : 13 And when thou hast seene it, thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
  • 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.
  • Eccl 3:21 : 21 Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 Like sheepe they lie in graue: death deuoureth them, and the righteous shall haue domination ouer them in the morning: for their beautie shall consume, when they shall goe from their house to graue.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    18 I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselues as beastes.

    19 For 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.

  • Job 34:15
    85%

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

  • Eccl 12:7-8
    2 verses
    83%

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

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

  • Eccl 3:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

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

    22 Therefore 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?

  • Eccl 9:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 All things come alike to all: and the same condition is to the iust and to the wicked, to the good and to the pure, and to the polluted, and to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, he that sweareth, as he that feareth an othe.

    3 This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.

  • Ps 146:4
    76%

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

  • Eccl 1:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

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

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

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

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

  • Job 21:26
    75%

    26 They shal sleepe both in the dust, & the wormes shal couer them.

  • Job 14:10
    75%

    10 But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?

  • Eccl 5:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    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?

  • Gen 3:19
    74%

    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.

  • Eccl 6:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

    7 All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • Eccl 4:16
    74%

    16 There 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.

  • Ps 104:29
    74%

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

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    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?

  • Ps 103:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 The dayes of man are as grasse: as a flowre of the fielde, so florisheth he.

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

  • 1 Pet 1:24
    73%

    24 For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flower falleth away.

  • Eccl 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.

    2 A time to bee borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to plucke vp that which is planted.

  • Ps 144:4
    73%

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

  • Ps 90:3
    73%

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

  • Eccl 1:14
    73%

    14 I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 8:10
    72%

    10 And 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.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

    17 Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 2:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.

    20 Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 2:11
    72%

    11 Then 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 7:9
    72%

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

  • Eccl 11:8
    71%

    8 Though 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 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.

  • Eccl 3:15
    71%

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

  • Eccl 1:9
    71%

    9 What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

  • Ps 49:12
    71%

    12 But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the beastes that die.

  • Eccl 9:5
    71%

    5 For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.

  • Eccl 9:10
    71%

    10 All 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.

  • Job 14:2
    71%

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

  • Eccl 2:23
    71%

    23 For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 4:7
    71%

    7 Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.