Ecclesiastes 3:20
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20 All go to one place, all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.(A)
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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)
Job 34:15
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15 all flesh would perish together,
and all mortals return to dust.(A)
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
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 6:6
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6 Even though he should live a thousand years twice over yet enjoy no good—do not all go to one place?
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Psalm 104:29
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29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.(A)
Job 10:9-10
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9 Remember that you fashioned me like clay,
and will you turn me to dust again?(A)
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese?(B)
Job 7:9
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9 As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so those who go down to Sheol do not come up;(A)
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 3:21
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21 Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?(A)
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Psalm 49:14
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14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
straight to the grave they descend,[a]
and their form shall waste away;
Sheol shall be their home.[b](A)
Job 17:13
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13 If I look for Sheol as my house,
if I spread my couch in darkness,(A)
Numbers 27:13
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13 When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was,(A)
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Genesis 25:17
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17 (This is the length of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty-seven years; he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people.)
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Genesis 25:8
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8 Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, old and full of years, and was gathered to his people.(A)
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Job 30:24
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