Verse 4

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

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:29 : 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
  • 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.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • 1 Cor 2:6 : 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
  • 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.
  • Gen 6:17 : 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
  • Job 14:21 : 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
  • Job 17:1 : 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
  • Job 17:11 : 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
  • Ps 90:3 : 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
  • Lam 4:20 : 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
  • Dan 5:23 : 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
  • Job 27:3 : 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
  • Job 14:10 : 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?