Ecclesiastes 3:21

God's Word

Who knows whether a human spirit goes upward or whether an animal spirit goes downward to the earth?

Cross References

Job 14:10

But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

John 14:3

If I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again. Then I will bring you into my presence so that you will be where I am.

Acts 1:25

Show us who is to take the place of Judas as an apostle, since Judas abandoned his position to go to the place where he belongs.”

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn’t made by human hands.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.

Deuteronomy 28:13

The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. You will always be at the top, never at the bottom, if you faithfully obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today.

Philippians 1:23

I find it hard to choose between the two. I would like to leave this life and be with Christ. That’s by far the better choice.