Ecclesiastes 3:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Luke 16:22-23 : 22 ‹And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;› 23 ‹And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.›
  • John 14:3 : 3 ‹And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am,› [there] ‹ye may be also.›
  • Acts 1:25 : 25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 ¶ For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:18-20
    3 verses
    82%

    18I 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.

    19For 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.

    20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

  • Eccl 3:22
    80%

    22Wherefore 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 6:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

    11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?

    12For 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?

  • Eccl 12:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7Then 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 2:19-22
    4 verses
    74%

    19And 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.

    20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

    11¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

  • Eccl 8:7
    73%

    7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Eccl 1:3
    73%

    3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

  • Job 34:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

    15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

  • Eccl 8:17
    73%

    17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

  • Job 14:10
    73%

    10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?

  • Eccl 9:3
    73%

    3This [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.

  • 1 Cor 2:11
    72%

    11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

  • Job 20:4
    71%

    4Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

  • Eccl 3:14
    71%

    14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

  • Job 32:8
    71%

    8But [there is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

  • Eccl 5:16
    71%

    16And 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?

  • Eccl 11:5
    71%

    5As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

  • Eccl 6:6
    70%

    6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

  • Eccl 1:5
    70%

    5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

  • Eccl 9:1
    70%

    1¶ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

  • Job 7:17
    70%

    17¶ What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

  • Eccl 9:10
    70%

    10Whatsoever 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 2:24-26
    3 verses
    70%

    24[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?

    26For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:16
    70%

    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.

  • Eccl 2:11
    70%

    11Then 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.

  • Ps 144:3
    70%

    3LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

  • Isa 2:22
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    22Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  • Ps 49:12
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    12Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.

  • Job 28:13
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    13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24¶ Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

  • Prov 20:27
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    27¶ The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

  • Job 35:11
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    11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

  • Eccl 8:14
    69%

    14¶ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

  • Eccl 6:8
    69%

    8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

  • Eccl 1:13
    69%

    13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.