Ecclesiastes 3:20

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 a, 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    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.

  • Job 34:15
    85%

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

  • Eccl 12:7-8
    2 verses
    83%

    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 3:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    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 9:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Ps 146:4
    76%

    4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • Eccl 1:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Job 21:26
    75%

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

  • Job 14:10
    75%

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

  • Eccl 5:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    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?

  • Gen 3:19
    74%

    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 6:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Eccl 4:16
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 104:29
    74%

    29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    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 103:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
    73%

    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 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    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;

  • Ps 144:4
    73%

    4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  • Ps 90:3
    73%

    3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

  • Eccl 1:14
    73%

    14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 8:10
    72%

    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 2:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    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; bause the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Eccl 2:11
    72%

    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.

  • Job 7:9
    72%

    9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

  • Eccl 11:8
    71%

    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.

  • Eccl 7:2
    71%

    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.

  • Eccl 3:15
    71%

    15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

  • Eccl 1:9
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 49:12
    71%

    12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

  • Eccl 9:5
    71%

    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.

  • Eccl 9:10
    71%

    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.

  • Job 14:2
    71%

    2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  • Eccl 2:23
    71%

    23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

  • Eccl 4:7
    71%

    7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.