20 All go to one place. All are from (A)the dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows whether (B)the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?

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When (A)his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
    on that very day his plans perish.

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19 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
(A)for you are dust,
    and (B)to dust you shall return.”

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The Lord Will Give Salvation

12 (A)The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, (B)who stretched out the heavens and (C)founded the earth and (D)formed the spirit of man within him:

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14 If he should (A)set his heart to it
    and (B)gather to himself his (C)spirit and his breath,
15 all flesh would perish together,
    and man would (D)return to dust.

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then the Lord God formed the man of (A)dust from the ground and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life, and (D)the man became a living creature.

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16 (A)For I will not contend forever,
    nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
    and the breath of life that I made.

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22 And they (A)fell on their faces and said, “O God, (B)the God of the spirits of all flesh, (C)shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?”

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You return man to dust
    and say, (A)“Return, (B)O children of man!”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:3 Or of Adam

11 His bones are full of his (A)youthful vigor,
    but it will lie (B)down with him in the dust.

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16 “Let the Lord, (A)the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

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23 and to (A)the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are (B)enrolled in heaven, and to (C)God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:23 Or church

Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to (A)the Father of spirits (B)and live?

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16 Then King Zedekiah swore (A)secretly to Jeremiah, (B)“As the Lord lives, (C)who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of (D)these men who seek your life.”

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27 Abraham answered and said, (A)“Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

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21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
    and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in (A)the earth;
    you will (B)seek me, (C)but I shall not be.”

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19 how much more those who dwell in houses of (A)clay,
    whose foundation is in (B)the dust,
    who are crushed like[a] (C)the moth.
20 Between (D)morning and evening they are beaten to pieces;
    they perish forever (E)without anyone regarding it.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:19 Or before

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