Ecclesiastes 3:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Job 34:15 : 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.
  • Ps 104:29 : 29 You hide Your face, they are troubled: You take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
  • Eccl 6:6 : 6 Yes, even if he lives a thousand years twice over, yet has seen no good: do not all go to one place?
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
  • Job 7:9 : 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.
  • Job 10:9-9 : 9 Remember, I beseech You, that You have made me as the clay; and will You bring me into dust again? 10 Have You not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?
  • Job 17:13 : 13 If I wait, the grave is my house; I have made my bed in the darkness.
  • Job 30:24 : 24 However, He will not stretch out His hand to the grave, though they cry out in their destruction.
  • Gen 25:8 : 8 Then Abraham gave up the spirit and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
  • Gen 25:17 : 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
  • Num 27:13 : 13 And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of those who 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 knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes 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%

    18I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are like beasts.

    19For that which befalls the sons of men also befalls beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other; yes, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity.

  • Job 34:15
    85%

    15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
    2 verses
    83%

    7Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

    8Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Eccl 3:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    21Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?

    22Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 9:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2All 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 sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.

    3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, 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%

    4His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • Eccl 1:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

    3What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

    4One generation passes away, and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

    5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.

  • Job 21:26
    75%

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

  • Job 14:10
    75%

    10But man dies and wastes away; yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

  • Eccl 5:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15As he came from his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor which he may carry away in his hand.

    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

  • Gen 3:19
    74%

    19In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

  • Eccl 6:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6Yes, even if he lives a thousand years twice over, yet has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

  • Eccl 4:16
    74%

    16There is no end of all the people, even of all who have been before them; they also that come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Ps 104:29
    74%

    29You hide Your face, they are troubled: You take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

    12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Ps 103:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

    16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
    73%

    24Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

  • Eccl 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

    2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

  • Ps 144:4
    73%

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

  • Ps 90:3
    73%

    3You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.

  • Eccl 1:14
    73%

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 8:10
    72%

    10Then 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 done so. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    20Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:11
    72%

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Job 7:9
    72%

    9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

  • Eccl 11:8
    71%

    8But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

  • Eccl 7:2
    71%

    2It 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 take it to heart.

  • Eccl 3:15
    71%

    15That which is, has already been; and that which is to be, has already been; and God requires an account of the past.

  • Eccl 1:9
    71%

    9The thing that has 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%

    12Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.

  • Eccl 9:5
    71%

    5For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • Eccl 9:10
    71%

    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

  • Job 14:2
    71%

    2He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue.

  • Eccl 2:23
    71%

    23For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 4:7
    71%

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