Ecclesiastes 12:7
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7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath[a] returns to God who gave it.(A)
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- 12.7 Or the spirit
Daniel 12:2
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2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth[a] shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.(A)
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- 12.2 Or the land of dust
Ecclesiastes 3:20-21
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20 All go to one place, all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.(A) 21 Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?(B)
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Psalm 146:4
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4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.(A)
Genesis 3:19
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19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”(A)
Zechariah 12:1
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Jerusalem’s Victory
12 An Oracle.
The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within:(A)
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Job 34:14-15
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14 If he should take back his spirit[a] to himself
and gather to himself his breath,(A)
15 all flesh would perish together,
and all mortals return to dust.(B)
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- 34.14 Heb his heart his spirit
Genesis 2:7
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7 then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A)
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- 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man
Isaiah 57:16
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16 For I will not continually accuse,
nor will I always be angry,
for then the spirits would grow faint before me,
even the souls that I have made.(A)
Numbers 16:22
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22 They fell on their faces and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?”(A)
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Psalm 90:3
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- 90.3 Heb humankind
Job 20:11
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11 Their bodies, once full of youth,
will lie down in the dust with them.(A)
Numbers 27:16
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16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation(A)
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Hebrews 12:23
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23 and to the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(A)
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- 12.23 Or angels, and to the festal gathering
and assembly
Hebrews 12:9
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9 Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
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Jeremiah 38:16
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16 So King Zedekiah swore an oath in secret to Jeremiah, “As the Lord lives, who gave us our lives, I will not put you to death or hand you over to these men who seek your life.”(A)
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Genesis 18:27
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27 Abraham answered, “Let me take it upon myself to speak to my lord, I who am but dust and ashes.(A)
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Job 7:21
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21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.”(A)
Job 4:19-20
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19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth.(A)
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed;
they perish forever without any regarding it.(B)
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