Ecclesiastes 12:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.”
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“before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 12:7 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Genesis 18:27Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
- Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- Numbers 27:16“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
- Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
- Job 20:11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
- Job 34:14If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
- Job 34:15all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
- Psalms 31:6I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
- Psalms 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
- Psalms 146:4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
- Ecclesiastes 3:20All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
- Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
- Jeremiah 38:16But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
- Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
- Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
- Hebrews 12:23in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
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