Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"
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Referenced Verses
- Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Luke 16:22-23 : 22 It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. 23 In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
- John 14:3 : 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
- Acts 1:25 : 25 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."
- 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
- 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
- Phil 1:23 : 23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
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- Eccl 3:18-203 verses82%
18 I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
19 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.
20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
- Eccl 6:10-123 verses79%
10 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
- Eccl 12:7-82 verses77%
7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
8 "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher. "All is vanity!"
- Eccl 2:19-224 verses74%
19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
- Eccl 3:10-123 verses74%
10 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
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7 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
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3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
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14 If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
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17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
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10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
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3 This is an evil in all that is 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.
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11 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit.
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4 Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
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14 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
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8 But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
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16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
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5 As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know the work of God who does all.
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6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?
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5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
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1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.
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17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
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10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- Eccl 2:24-263 verses70%
24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
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3 Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?
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22 Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
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12 But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
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13 Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
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3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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24 A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
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27 The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
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11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
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14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
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8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
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13 I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.