Psalm 146:4

Modern English Version

His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, because out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 6:17

For behold, I will bring a flood of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, wherever there is the breath of life under heaven, and everything that is on the earth will die.

Job 14:10

But man dies and wastes away; yes, man gives up his breath, and where is he?

Job 14:21

His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it.

Job 17:1

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, the grave is ready for me.

Job 17:11

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

Job 27:3

all the while my spirit is in me, and the breath of God is in my nostrils,

Psalm 104:29

You hide Your face; they are troubled; You take away their breath; they die and return to their dust.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the people of no effect.

Psalm 90:3

You return man to the dust and say, “Return, O sons of men.”

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, hatred, and envy have already perished; they will never again have any share in all that is done under the sun.

Isaiah 2:22

Cease regarding man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for why should he be esteemed?

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our life, the anointed king of the Lord, was captured in their traps, of whom we said, “Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”

Daniel 5:23

but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine in them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know. And the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet we speak wisdom among those who are mature, although not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.