Ecclesiastes 12:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Your body came from the earth. And when you die, it will return to the earth. But your spirit came from God, and when you die, it will return to him.

Cross References

Daniel 12:2

There are many who are dead and buried. Some of them will wake up and live forever, but others will wake up to shame and disgrace forever.

Psalm 146:4

People die and are buried. Then all their plans to help are gone.

Zechariah 12:1

This is a message from the Lord about Israel. The Lord is the one who made the earth and the sky, and he put the human spirit in people. And this is what the Lord said:

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.”

Genesis 2:7

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

Isaiah 57:16

I will not accuse my people forever. I will not always be angry. If I continued to show my anger, then the human spirit, the life I gave them, would die before me.

Numbers 16:22

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

Psalm 90:3

You bring people into this world, and you change them into dust again.

Job 20:11

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

Numbers 27:16

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

Hebrews 12:23

You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn 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 corrected us with discipline. And we respected them. So it is even more important that we accept discipline from the Father of our spirits. If we do this, we will have life.

Jeremiah 38:16

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

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.

Job 7:21

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

Luke 23:46

Jesus shouted, “Father, I put my life in your hands!” After Jesus said this, he died.

Acts 7:59

As they were throwing the stones at him, Stephen was praying. He said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

Psalm 103:14

He knows all about us. He knows we are made from dust.

Psalm 104:29

When you turn away from them, they become frightened. When you take away their breath, they die, and their bodies return to the dust.

Psalm 31:6

I hate those who worship false gods. I trust only in the Lord.