Ecclesiastes 12:7

Catholic Public Domain Version

and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham responded by saying: "Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.

Genesis 2:7

And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return."

Job 20:11

His bones will be filled with the vices of his youth, and they will sleep with him in the dust.

Job 7:21

Why do you not steal away my sin, and why do you not sweep away my iniquity? Behold, now I will sleep in the dust, and if you seek me in the morning, I will not remain.

Psalm 103:14

producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth,

Psalm 104:29

He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.

Psalm 146:4

He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names.

Psalm 31:6

For this, everyone who is holy will pray to you in due time. Yet truly, in a flood of many waters, they will not draw near to him.

Psalm 90:3

For he has freed me from the snare of those who go hunting, and from the harsh word.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face.

Jeremiah 38:16

Then king Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah, secretly, saying: "As the Lord lives, who made this soul for us, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of those men who are seeking your life."

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken: some to everlasting life, and others to a reproach that they will always see.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. The Lord, stretching forth the heavens and founding the earth and forming the spirit of man within him, says:

Numbers 16:22

But they fell prone on their faces, and they said, "O most strong One, the God of the spirits of all flesh, should your anger rage against all, for the sin of one?"

Numbers 27:16

"May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, provide a man, who may be over this multitude,

Luke 23:46

And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said: "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." And upon saying this, he expired.

Acts 7:59

Then, having been brought to his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his murder.

Hebrews 12:23

and to the Church of the first-born, those who have been inscribed in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

Hebrews 12:9

Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live?