Ecclesiastes 12:7

Easy To Read Version

Your body came from the earth.\par And when you die,\par your body will go back to the earth.\par But your spirit came from God.\par And when you die,\par your spirit will go back to God.\par

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham said, “Compared to you, Lord, I am only dust and ashes. But let me bother you again and ask you this question:

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and made a man. [9] The Lord breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living thing.

Genesis 3:19

You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die. And then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you. And when you die you will become dust again.”

Job 20:11

When he was young his bones were strong,\par but, like the rest of his body,\par they soon will lie in the dirt.\par

Job 7:21

Why don’t you just pardon me\par for doing wrong?\par Why don’t you just forgive me\par for my sins?\par Soon I will die and be in my grave.\par Then you will search for me,\par but I will be gone.”\par

Psalm 103:14

God knows all about us.\par God knows we are made from dust.\par

Psalm 104:29

And when you turn away from them,\par they become frightened.\par Their spirits leave them;\par they grow weak and die;\par and their bodies become dust again.\par

Psalm 146:4

People die and are buried.\par And then, all of their plans to help\par are gone.\par

Psalm 31:6

I hate people who worship false gods.\par I trust only in the Lord.\par

Psalm 90:3

You bring people into this world.\par And you change them into dust again.\par

Isaiah 57:16

I will not continue fighting forever.\par I will not always be angry.\par If I continued to be angry,\par then man’s spirit\par —the life I gave them—\par would die in front of me.\par

Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah secretly swore an oath to Jeremiah. Zedekiah said, “The Lord gives us breath and life. As surely as the Lord lives I will not kill you, Jeremiah. And I promise not to give you to those officials that want to kill you.”

Daniel 12:2

Many of the people that are dead and buried {\cf2\super [133]} will wake up. Some of them will wake up to have life forever. But some will wake up to have shame and disgrace forever.

Zechariah 12:1

The sad message from the Lord about Israel. The Lord made the sky and the earth. He put man’s spirit in him. And the Lord said these things.

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron bowed to the ground and cried out, “God, you know what people are thinking. [208] Please don’t be angry at all these people. Only one man really sinned.”

Numbers 27:16

“The Lord is the God who knows what people are thinking. Lord, I pray that you will choose a leader for these people. [322]

Luke 23:46

Jesus shouted, “Father, I give you my life.” {\cf2\super [382]} After Jesus said this, he died.

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn {\cf2\super [167]} children. Their names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people. And you have come to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect.

Hebrews 12:9

We have all had fathers here on earth who punished us. And we respected our fathers. So it is even more important that we accept punishment from the Father of our spirits. If we do this we will have life.