Ecclesiastes 12:7
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7 (A)Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
(B)And the spirit will return to God (C)who gave it.
Daniel 12:2
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2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
(A)Some to everlasting life,
Some to shame (B)and everlasting [a]contempt.
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- Daniel 12:2 Lit. abhorrence
Psalm 146:4
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Ecclesiastes 3:20-21
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20 All go to one place: (A)all are from the dust, and all return to dust. 21 (B)Who[a] knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?
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- Ecclesiastes 3:21 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Who knows whether the spirit . . . goes upward, and whether . . . goes downward to the earth?
Genesis 3:19
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19 (A)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(B)For dust you are,
And (C)to dust you shall return.”
Zechariah 12:1
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The Coming Deliverance of Judah
12 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, (A)who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and (B)forms the spirit of man within him:
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- Zechariah 12:1 oracle, prophecy
Genesis 2:7
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7 And the Lord God formed man of the (A)dust of the ground, and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life; and (D)man became a living being.
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Job 34:14-15
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14 If He should set His heart on it,
If He should (A)gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
15 (B)All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.
Isaiah 57:16
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16 (A)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls (B)which I have made.
Psalm 90:3
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3 You turn man to destruction,
And say, (A)“Return, O children of men.”
Numbers 16:22
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22 Then they (A)fell[a] on their faces, and said, “O God, (B)the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the (C)congregation?”
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- Numbers 16:22 prostrated themselves
Hebrews 12:23
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23 to the [a]general assembly and church of (A)the firstborn (B)who are registered in heaven, to God (C)the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men (D)made perfect,
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- Hebrews 12:23 festal gathering
Hebrews 12:9
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9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to (A)the Father of spirits and live?
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Job 20:11
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Numbers 27:16
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16 “Let the Lord, (A)the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
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Jeremiah 38:16
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16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the Lord lives, (A)who made our very souls, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”
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Job 7:21
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21 Why then do You not pardon my transgression,
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.”
Job 4:19-20
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19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?
20 (A)They are broken in pieces from morning till evening;
They perish forever, with no one regarding.
Genesis 18:27
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27 Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am (A)but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:
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