Verse 7

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:19 : 19 by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou `art', and unto dust thou turnest back.'
  • Ps 146:4 : 4 His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 `And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches -- to abhorrence age-during.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst.
  • Eccl 3:20-21 : 20 The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust. 21 Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth. 15 Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.
  • Ps 90:3 : 3 Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising `us', and we were reverencing `them'; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,
  • Jer 38:16 : 16 And the king Zedekiah sweareth unto Jeremiah in secret, saying, `Jehovah liveth, He who made for us this soul, I do not put thee to death, nor give thee unto the hand of these men who are seeking thy soul.'
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;
  • Num 16:22 : 22 and they fall on their faces, and say, `God, God of the spirits of all flesh -- the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!'
  • Num 27:16 : 16 `Jehovah -- God of the spirits of all flesh -- appoint a man over the company,
  • Job 4:19-20 : 19 Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation `is' in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.) 20 From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!
  • Job 20:11 : 11 His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.