Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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Referenced Verses
- 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.
- Job 34:15 : 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
- Ps 104:29 : 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
- Eccl 6:6 : 6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
- Job 7:9 : 9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].
- Job 10:9-9 : 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
- Job 17:13 : 13 If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
- Job 30:24 : 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
- Gen 25:8 : 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.
- Gen 25:17 : 17 And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
- Num 27:13 : 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
- 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.
- Eccl 3:21 : 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
- Ps 49:14 : 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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- Eccl 3:18-192 verses87%
18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.
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15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
- Eccl 12:7-82 verses83%
7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
8 ¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.
- Eccl 3:21-222 verses82%
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
- Eccl 9:2-32 verses77%
2 All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.
3 This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
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4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
- Eccl 1:2-54 verses75%
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 ¶ [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?
- Eccl 5:15-162 verses75%
15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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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.
- Eccl 6:6-72 verses74%
6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7 ¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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16 [There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
- Eccl 6:11-122 verses74%
11 ¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
12 For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] 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?
- Ps 103:15-162 verses73%
15 [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
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24 ¶ For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
- Eccl 3:1-22 verses73%
1 ¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
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4 Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.
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3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
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14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.
- Eccl 2:16-172 verses72%
16 For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
17 ¶ Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Eccl 2:19-202 verses72%
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
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9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].
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8 But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.
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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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15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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9 ¶ The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.
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12 Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
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5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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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 the grave, whither thou goest.
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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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23 For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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7 ¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.